Classic Poem

PERORATION .

And thus exhaustless mine of truth this holy Volume lies,
As open to the faithful heart as to the inquiring eyes;
Here are no dark recesses, but Freemasons all may see
The Landmarks of the ancient Craft, beneath the tapers three.
O Wise and Good Grand Master ,
This Law shall be our guide!

In every place, at every hour, this constant friend we have,
In quarry and in forest, on the mount and on the wave;
At toil and at refreshment, in youth, manhood, and old age,
Let's draw our inspiration from its bright and holy page.
O Wise and Good Grand Master ,
This Law shall be our guide.

Thus laboring , all our six days' burdens cheerfully we'll bear,
In hopes of wages ample, golden, held in promise there;
Then resting with the faithful, wait the Master'S gracious will,
The summons to the Lodge above that crowns the heavenly hill.
O Wise and Good Grand Master ,
Desert us not in death!