Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty

Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty. [No. 37]

Let every Mason fortify his Soul
With Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty: pillars those
Which never fall: for who can long oppose
Wisdom?—which is true Knowledge, in control
Of Reason—neither dormant or run wild. 5
It triumphs over Ignorance for aye:
A Beauty is no Phantom of To-day,
That shines and fades. ‘Tis loved by every Child
In all things, until we pervert their powers.
Without these two, real Strength can never be: 10
They are a Trinity in Unity;
And he who makes them his, most nobly towers
Above all things of earth. Only the Good
Have Wisdom, Strength and Beauty understood.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published 1887