Companion Joe
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These may have been posted here before (and if this is a repeat I apologize), but here are a couple Masonic poems I enjoy and have framed. I just wanted to share for everyone's enjoyment.
Last Night I Knelt Where Hiram Knelt
Last night I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took an obligation.
Today I'm closer to my God
for I'm a Master Mason.
Though heretofore my fellow men
seemed each one like the other,
today I search each one apart.
I'm looking for my brother.
And as I feel his friendly grip
it fills my heart with pride.
I know while I am on the square
that he is by my side.
His footsteps on my errand go
if I should such require.
His prayers will lead in my behalf
if I should so desire.
My words are safe within his breast
as though within my own,
his hand forever at my back
to help me safely home.
Good counsel whispers in my ear
and warns of any danger.
By square and compass, Brother now
who once would call me stranger.
I might have lived a moral life
and risen to distinction
without my Brothers helping hand
and the fellowship of Masons.
But God, who knows how hard it is
to resist life's temptations,
knows why I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took that obligation.
I See You’ve Traveled Some
Wherever you may chance to be –
Wherever you may roam,
Far away in foreign lands,
Or just at Home, Sweet Home;
It always gives you pleasure,
It makes your heart strings hum
Just to hear the words of cheer –
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
When you get the brother’s greeting,
And he takes you by the hand,
It thrills you with a feeling,
You can not understand.
You feel that bond of brotherhood
That tie that’s sure to come
When you hear him say in a friendly way,
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
And if you are a stranger,
In strange lands all alone,
If fate has left you stranded –
Dead broke and far from home,
It thrills you – makes you dumb,
When he says with a grip of fellowship
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
And when your final summons comes,
To take a long last trip,
Adorned with Lambskin Apron White
And gems of fellowship;
The tiler at the Golden Gate,
With square and rule and plumb
Will size up your pin, and say,
“Walkin – I see you’ve traveled some.â€
Last Night I Knelt Where Hiram Knelt
Last night I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took an obligation.
Today I'm closer to my God
for I'm a Master Mason.
Though heretofore my fellow men
seemed each one like the other,
today I search each one apart.
I'm looking for my brother.
And as I feel his friendly grip
it fills my heart with pride.
I know while I am on the square
that he is by my side.
His footsteps on my errand go
if I should such require.
His prayers will lead in my behalf
if I should so desire.
My words are safe within his breast
as though within my own,
his hand forever at my back
to help me safely home.
Good counsel whispers in my ear
and warns of any danger.
By square and compass, Brother now
who once would call me stranger.
I might have lived a moral life
and risen to distinction
without my Brothers helping hand
and the fellowship of Masons.
But God, who knows how hard it is
to resist life's temptations,
knows why I knelt where Hiram knelt
and took that obligation.
I See You’ve Traveled Some
Wherever you may chance to be –
Wherever you may roam,
Far away in foreign lands,
Or just at Home, Sweet Home;
It always gives you pleasure,
It makes your heart strings hum
Just to hear the words of cheer –
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
When you get the brother’s greeting,
And he takes you by the hand,
It thrills you with a feeling,
You can not understand.
You feel that bond of brotherhood
That tie that’s sure to come
When you hear him say in a friendly way,
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
And if you are a stranger,
In strange lands all alone,
If fate has left you stranded –
Dead broke and far from home,
It thrills you – makes you dumb,
When he says with a grip of fellowship
“I see you’ve traveled some.â€
And when your final summons comes,
To take a long last trip,
Adorned with Lambskin Apron White
And gems of fellowship;
The tiler at the Golden Gate,
With square and rule and plumb
Will size up your pin, and say,
“Walkin – I see you’ve traveled some.â€