Classic Poem

What caution marked the early Craft who met
In Canaan's dale, or Canaan's mountain top!
They sought in nature their security.
And scared the eagle from his rocky crag,
And drove him screaming at their opening lays;
They dazed the darkness with intruding torch,
Whispering their secrets in the chilly cave,
Teaching their fore from all intrusion free;
Thus it befalls, this ancient land is filled
With myths of wondrous meaning, dim and quaint.