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Excerpt from Masonic: Odes and Poems Some of these pieces have gone the rounds of the press, masonic and secular, for a considerable period, and have attracted the favorable attention of the public. Others have been examined in manuscript by persons whose judgment in matters of this kind is admittedly worthy of consideration. The author has recited many of them in discourses to lodges and public assemblies. These authorities seem to concur in a verdict, and to express the wish that the pieces, as a whole, may be published. Whatever predilection the author may feel for his literary offspring, he would not have ventured upon so daring an experiment as a volume of Masonic poems but for these assurances of favor; and if, after all, he has misunderstood the general expression upon this subject, he casts himself upon the forbearance of those whose good opinion he has so long sought to propitiate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.