Wisdom

Wisdom. [No. 32]

Wisdom is Knowledge won and rightly used,—
Not worn for gaudy show, nor schemed for gain
Of this world’s gear: the wise man will refrain
From having heavenly gifts so much abused.
Mere worldly pomp should, to the Mason’s eye, 5
Be a fool’s bauble. Not worth cap and bells,
And Avarice a demon which propels
The soul of man to Hades. We must fly
On wisdom’s wings, and learn to soar above
Each sensual and merely sensuous thing, 10
Which to the soul no lasting joy can bring,
If we would enter the Grand Lodge where Love
And all Masonic Virtues aye abound,
And true Felicity will evermore be found.

by George Markham Tweddell  1st published 1887