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Adieu ! a heart-warm fond adieu
 * Dear brothers of the mystic tie !

Ye favour’d, ye enlightened few.
 * Companions of my social joy !

Tho’ I to foreign lands must hie,
 * Pursuing fortune’s sliddr’y ba’.

With melting heart and brimful eye,
 * I’ll mind you still, tho’ far awa.

Oft have I met your social band.
 * And spent the cheerful, festive night ;

Oft honour’d with supreme command,
 * Presided o’er the sons of light ;

And by that hierogliphic bright,
 * Which none but craftsmen ever saw !

Strong memory on my heart shall write
 * Those happy scenes when far awa.

May freedom, harmony, and love.
 * Unite you in the grand design,
 * Beneath the omniscient eye above,
 * The glorious architect divine !