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Masonic Poems - The Square
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On this section of our website, you will find a variety of poems and writings. They
will inspire, encourage, and enhance the messages of Morality and Fellowship which
are part of the roots of Masonry. The selection will change over time. If you would
like to submit a selection, please contact
W.B.. Robert Ceceri,
or Fill out our Submit a Poem Form.
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The Square
By Br. R. J. McLaughlin
The elders of our ancient art
Built Temples, high and fair,
And never stone was laid in place
And never column rose in grace,
Untested by the Square
Our elders left a heritage,
Upreared in the wood and stone,
That we, who follow, might behold
The craft of these, the men of old,
Thus, through their works, made known.
Oh, let us do our work as well,
Through never dome we raise,
With brain untutored, hand unskilled,
A square-set temple may we build,
Of simple nights and days.
The Square of Virtue for our acts
Wherewith to set them true,
Can make a building, standing quite
As worthy in our children's sight,
And in the Master's, too.
Thus may we, too, great builders be
As any ancient race;
Our Temple is the square-set mind,
Wherein the Master's Self may find
A fitting dwelling-place.
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