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\"Masonic
Masonic Lodge – A degree in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brothers all, children under God
\nWho sees all that is there,
\nMakes all and likes all level
\nLikes all and keeps all square.<\/p>\n

Until we meet again, a toast
\nToast to present and absent friends
\nAs others toast us when we are not near
\nAs life on different paths the other sends.<\/p>\n

We’re here today, but parting
\nAs some time all men must do
\nLet us rejoice again on meeting
\nAnd our parting let us rue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brothers all, children under God Who sees all that is there, Makes all and likes all level Likes all and keeps all square. Until we meet again, a toast Toast to present and absent friends As others toast us when we are not near As life on different paths the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[1914,49,1917,1915,1918,623,2358,1916],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freemasonry","tag-freemasons","tag-irish-freemasons","tag-masonic","tag-masons","tag-offaly-masons","tag-robert-burns","tag-tullamore","tag-who-are-the-masons","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-sp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2737,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/jolly-freemasons-clarifications-of-confusions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1761,"position":0},"title":"Jolly Freemasons Clarifications of Confusions","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"26th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A humerus explanation of masonry, of which I am a member, which in typical Carty fashion causes more confusion than clarification! 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