A Symbol.

The mason's trade        Observe them well,
Resembles life,        And watch them revealing
With all its strife,        How solemn feeling
Is like the stir made        And wonderment swell
By man on earth's face.        The hearts of the brave.
Though weal and woe        The voice of the blest,
The future may hide,        And of spirits on high
Unterrified        Seems loudly to cry:
We onward go        "To do what is best,
In ne'er changing race.        Unceasing endeavour!
A veil of dread        "In silence eterne
Hangs heavier still.        Here chaplets are twin'd,
Deep slumbers fill        That each noble mind
The stars over-head,        Its guerdon may earn.
And the foot-trodden grave.        Then hope ye for ever!"