Masonic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH FEII GGJK LLMM NNOO PPCC| The prominent names connected with Masonary are Kings | A |
| Solomon and Hiram and Saint John the parent Lodge | B |
| is King Hiram in Ingersoll and Saint John is the off spring | C |
| Both masters in are legal gentlemen | D |
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| Craft of King Hiram and Saint John | E |
| They figurative work on stone | F |
| King Hiram he is the old sire | G |
| And he was famous King of Tyre | H |
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| But great as King upon a throne | F |
| Is the good kind true Saint John | E |
| Cathedrals did craftsmen raise | I |
| Fills all our mind now with amase | I |
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| No modern chisel hath the power | G |
| To trace such leaf and bud and flower | G |
| But though our structures now are rude | J |
| Let us all make the mortar good | K |
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| And this injunction never spare | L |
| To have the work both plum and square | L |
| And it must have no crack or flaw | M |
| So masters will lay down the law | M |
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| Of all our work this is the chief | N |
| To give the needy ones relief | N |
| And with truth and brotherly love | O |
| We sublime structure raise above | O |
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| The greatest honor has been won | P |
| By that great builder Solomon | P |
| And craftsmen o'er the world do sing | C |
| The praises of that mighty King | C |
James Mcintyre
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