. The land of music, laughter and love, and other little things in prose and verse . yEen touched thy all old friends, to Procles,Lucullus, Philistius, Damocles,All hail ! Thou comst from out the shadows of the past,From that dark age, so long, so long HE came to earth and taught the truthsOf purity, and innnocence, and comst to us as types of noble menAnd noble women, who in all ages LAUGHTER AND LOVE. Have lived, and loved, and suffered ;And when we look at thee, and hear thee speak,And feel with thee thy sufferings and know that thou art not mere sh

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. The land of music, laughter and love, and other little things in prose and verse . yEen touched thy all old friends, to Procles,Lucullus, Philistius, Damocles,All hail ! Thou comst from out the shadows of the past,From that dark age, so long, so long HE came to earth and taught the truthsOf purity, and innnocence, and comst to us as types of noble menAnd noble women, who in all ages LAUGHTER AND LOVE. Have lived, and loved, and suffered ;And when we look at thee, and hear thee speak,And feel with thee thy sufferings and know that thou art not mere shadowy figures,But men and women of real flesh and blood,And so we welcome thee and hail ! And on thy noble story has been founded A noble lodge of men of modern days, Whore known throughout this broad, fair land As Knights of Pythias ; who teach to day thy lessons Of Friendship, Charity, Benevolence. Damon and Pythias, though centuries have passed Thy teachings yet remain—and will remain To make men better, nobler, stronger, Than they had been if thou hadst never ■n 0 015 873 457 6

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