Illustrations of Masonry [T66036] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1351

Publication Date:

1788

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T66036

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW106104124

Shelfmark:

BL - ECCO

Full Title:

ILLUSTRATIONS | OF | MASONRY. | BY | WILLIAM PRESTON, | PAST MASTER OF THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY ACTING | BY IMMEMORIAL CONSTITUTION. | [Epigraph] | A NEW EDITION, | WITH ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR G. AND T. WILKIE, | No. 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. | MDCCLXXXVIII.

Epigraph:

The man, whose mind on virtue bent, | Pursues some greatly good intent | With undiverted aim; | Serene, beholds the angry croud, | Nor can their clamours fierce and loud, | His stubborn honour tame. | BLACKLOCK.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of poems about subject/person

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

CHECK

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. 1-[318]; A Collection of Odes, Anthems, and Songs pp. 319-360.

Other matter:

Dedication To the Right Honourable Lord Petre signed William Preston [1p.]; 'Preface' pp.[v]-vi; 'Introduction' pp.[vii]-x; 'Contents' pp.[xi]-xxiv.

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Volume:

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Publication Date:

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Volume:

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Publication Date:

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Related People

Dedicatee:

Robert Edward Petre

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Editor:

William Preston

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

G. Wilkie

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

T. Wilkie

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Hail to the craft at whose serene command

Page No:

pp.319-320

Poem Title:

Ode I.

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First Line:

Wake the lute and quivering strings

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pp.320-321

Poem Title:

Ode II.

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First Line:

Arise gentle muse and thy wisdom impart

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pp.321-322

Poem Title:

Ode III.

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First Line:

Grant us kind heaven what we request

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pp.322-323

Poem Title:

Anthem I.

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First Line:

By masons' art the aspiring dome

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p.323

Poem Title:

Anthem II.

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Arise and blow thy trumpet fame

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pp.324-325

Poem Title:

Song I. [Tune, Attic Fire.]

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To heaven's high architect all praise

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p.324

Poem Title:

Anthem III.

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Unite unite your voices raise

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pp.325-326

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Song II. [Tune, He comes, &c.]

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When earth's foundation first was laid

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pp.326-327

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Song III. [Tune, Rule Britannia.]

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Ere God the universe began

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pp.327-328

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Song IV. [Tune, Rule Britannia.]

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First Line:

Not the fictions of Greece nor the dreams of old Rome

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pp.329-330

Poem Title:

Song V.

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First Line:

Ye dull stupid mortals give over your conjectures

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pp.330-331

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Song VI. [Tune, Rural Felicity.]

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First Line:

No sect in the world can with masons compare

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pp.332-333

Poem Title:

Song VII. [Tune, Hearts of Oak.]

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First Line:

Whilst princes and heroes promiscuously fight

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p.332

Poem Title:

Song VII. [Tune, When Phoebus the tops, &c.]

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First Line:

Genius of masonry descend

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pp.334-335

Poem Title:

Song IX. [Tune, Goddess of Ease.]

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First Line:

When my divine Althaea's charms

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pp.335-336

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Song X. [Tune, Arno's Vale.]

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First Line:

On on my dear brethren pursue your great lecture

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pp.336-337

Poem Title:

Song XI.

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First Line:

Hail masonry thou craft divine

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pp.337-339

Poem Title:

Song XII.

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First Line:

Let masonry from pole to pole

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p.339

Poem Title:

Song XIII. [Tune, In Infancy, &c.]

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First Line:

Tis masonry unites mankind

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pp.340-341

Poem Title:

Song XIV.

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First Line:

Ye sons of fair science impatient to learn

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pp.341-342

Poem Title:

Song XV. [Tune, Mulberry Tree.]

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First Line:

Let masons' fame resound

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pp.342-343

Poem Title:

Song XVI. [Tune, God save the King.]

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First Line:

Hail masonry divine

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pp.343-344

Poem Title:

Song XVII. [Tune, God save the King.]

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First Line:

Let drunkards boast the power of wine

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pp.344-346

Poem Title:

Song XVIII.

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First Line:

Come let us prepare

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pp.346-347

Poem Title:

Song XIX.

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Ye thrice happy few

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pp.348-349

Poem Title:

Song XX.

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When a lodge of free masons are clothed in their aprons

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pp.350-351

Poem Title:

Song XXI.

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First Line:

How happy a mason whose bosom still flows

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pp.351-352

Poem Title:

Song XXII.

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First Line:

In history we are told how the lodges of old

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pp.352-353

Poem Title:

Song XXIII. [Tune, Belleisle March.]

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First Line:

When masonry expiring lay by knaves and fools rejected

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pp.354-355

Poem Title:

Song XXIV. On the Revival of Masonry in Cornwall. [Tune, Vicar of Bray.]

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First Line:

Hail masonry thou sacred art

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pp.355-356

Poem Title:

Song XXV. [Tune, In Infancy.]

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First Line:

Come ye masons hither bring

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pp.356-357

Poem Title:

Song XXVI. Sung at a Provincial Grand Lodge for the County of Cornwall, held at Truro on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, 24th June, 1779. [Tune, Casino.]

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First Line:

Whilst each poet sings of great princes and kings

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pp.358-359

Poem Title:

Song XXVII. [Tune, From the East breaks the Morn.]

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First Line:

When the sun from the east first salutes mortal eyes

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pp.359-360

Poem Title:

Song XXVIII. [Tune, Balance a Straw.]

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