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May every Free-mason have health, peace, and plenty
May every Free-mason find constancy in love, and sincerity
in friendship
May the Free mason's conscience be sound, though his fortune be rotten
May Temptation never conquer a Freemason's virtue
Honour and influence to every public-spirited Brother
Golden Eggs to every Brother, and Goldfinches to our Lodges
May our evening's diversion bear the morning's reflection
As we meet upon the level may we part upon the square
BOTTLE.
May we always have a friend and a bottle to give him
May our love of the glass never make us forget decency
May fortune resemble the bottle and bowl, and stand by the
man who can't stand by himself
May we act with reason when the bottle circulates
When wine enlivens the heart, may friendship surround
the table
May the moments of mirth be regulated by the dial of reason
A bottle at night and business in the morning
A drop of good stuff and a snug party,
To spend the evening gay, social, and hearty
Friendship in a palace, and falsehood in a dungeon
A mirth inspiring bowl
Cheerfulness in our cups, content in our minds, and competency in our pockets
Champaigne to our real friends, and real pain to our sham friends
Good wine and good company to the lover of reasonable
enjoyment
May the juice of the grape enliven each soul,
And good humour preside at the head of each bowl
May mirth exalt the feast
Old wine and young women
We meet to be merry, then let us part wise,
Nor suffer the bottle to blind reason's eyes
FRIENDSHIP
May the blossoms of friendship never be nipt by the frost of
disappointment
May the friend of distress never know want nor sorrow
May he who once betrays his friend (or his trust) never have
confidence reposed in him
