And aprons worthless as their apron-strings;
But, if indeed you have the skill to teach
A social spirit, now beyond our reach;
If man's warm passions you can guide and bind,
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And plant the virtues in the wayward mind;
If you can wake to christian-love the heart—
In mercy, something of your powers impart.
But, as it seems, we Masons must become
To know the secret, and must then be dumb;