{"id":3127,"date":"2013-11-01T02:27:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T02:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2016-08-28T02:30:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:30:37","slug":"tyler-from-beyond-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tyler-from-beyond-the-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler from Beyond the Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2720\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2720\" alt=\"The Tyler protects the Lodge door from the Cowan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Tyler-protects-the-Lodge-door-from-the-Cowan-189x300.jpg\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tyler protects the Lodge door from the Cowan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark,<br \/>\nWhen no master sits on the Dias in his chair,<br \/>\nWhen all think that all men &#8211; and of this world have &#8211; gone home&#8230;<br \/>\nYet it seems in this Lodge, thats one, just one, he is still there!<\/p>\n<p>When the Light shines no more, and brethren in their homes they sleep,<br \/>\nA tale is told of a spirit that roams, and doors that no longer open,<br \/>\nThe caretaker is scared, silently to himself he says a prayer<br \/>\nNo matter the force of the hand of the man, or to an invisible ear offered a token&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It does not budge &#8211; something unseen holds it firm against the Cowans ear,<br \/>\nIt seems that some folk to this world, beyond death itself are a slave,<br \/>\nFor some reason one Brother does not rest, and his Lodge protects,<br \/>\nThis Brother takes his job as Tyler beyond the grave&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias in his chair, When all think that all men &#8211; and of this world have &#8211; gone home&#8230; Yet it seems in this Lodge, thats one, just one, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,77],"tags":[3201,3198,47,78,3197,3195,581,3200,3199,3196],"class_list":["post-3127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freemasonry","category-ghost-stories","tag-afam-grand-lodge-of-ireland","tag-due-guard","tag-freemason","tag-ghost-story","tag-lodge-room","tag-masonic-ghost-story","tag-offaly-freemasons","tag-poems-on-freemasonry","tag-true-guard","tag-tyler","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Or","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2416,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/among-friends-to-lodge\/","url_meta":{"origin":3127,"position":0},"title":"Among Friends to Lodge","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th February 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I have stood among plenty To my hand not have had a coin Have not gone hungry: Blessed I: among friends to be Where money is not what makes the world Level for all men, but honour Friendship: strangers greet as friends Part, each to his own road, knowing Welcome\u00c2\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Freemasonry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Freemasonry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/freemasonry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ignaz Unterberger's painting of Mozart in a masonic Lodge in Vienna","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mozart-among-fellow-Freemasons-in-Vienna.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mozart-among-fellow-Freemasons-in-Vienna.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mozart-among-fellow-Freemasons-in-Vienna.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2737,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/jolly-freemasons-clarifications-of-confusions\/","url_meta":{"origin":3127,"position":1},"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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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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Freemasonry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Freemasonry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/freemasonry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Masonic Lodge - A degree in progress.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Burns-at-Lodge.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Burns-at-Lodge.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Burns-at-Lodge.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2590,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/willie-rimes-and-the-masons-goat\/","url_meta":{"origin":3127,"position":3},"title":"Willie Rimes and the Masons Goat","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Like many good men before him To join the local lodge our Willie did inquire The mystery of the rituals and the history Had set his imagination and interest on fire... Me met the lads from the local lodge one day Where it was - it was under his nose\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Freemasonry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Freemasonry","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/freemasonry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ever am an of his word... Wilie Rimes brought some carrots for the Masons Goat when joing his local lodge. 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His only fault was his lust for women, which is not a sin at all, or if a sin one of the better faults for a man to have, he \"being a man for all that!\" and if its good enough for him, the hate spewed from official church channels both of my own and the Protestant Churches are something I ignore with glee.  Pope Francis problems with Freemasonry is something I dont understand, though his tolerance for the gays is to be admired, and given the choice between the two Im glad he is hostile to them and not to us.  He is a good pope, and I forgive him his hatred and his folly!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Robbie-Burns-as-a-Freemason.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":360,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/brethren-who-built-this-babylon\/","url_meta":{"origin":3127,"position":5},"title":"Brethren Who Built This Babylon","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th March 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Brethren they who built our Babylon Which through folly of fools if falling down Charlatans thought the walls did not need all the stones So they pulled them out, selling them to another town. Then, some of the people they panicked when the walls crumbled... 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