ADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;
Dear brothers of the mystic tie!
Ye favourèd, enlightend few,
Companions of my social joy;
Tho I to foreign lands must hie,
Pursuing Fortunes sliddry ba;
With melting heart, and brimful eye,
Ill mind you still, tho far awa.
Oft have I met your social band,
And spent the cheerful, festive night;
Oft, honourd with supreme command,
Presided oer the sons of light:
And by that hieroglyphic bright,
Which none but Craftsmen ever saw
Strong Memry on my heart shall write
Those happy scenes, when far awa.
May Freedom, Harmony, and Love,
Unite you in the grand Design,
Beneath th Omniscient Eye above,
The glorious Architect Divine,
That you may keep th unerring line,
Still rising by the plummets law,
Till Order bright completely shine,
Shall be my prayr when far awa.
And you, farewell! whose merits claim
Justly that highest badge to wear:
Heavn bless your honourd noble name,
To Masonry and Scotia dear!
A last request permit me here,
When yearly ye assemble a,
One round, I ask it with a tear,
To him, the Bard thats far awa.
