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SCG-C.770.008
8 Mar 1770:22 (1797)
Charles-Town, February 21. On Tuesday last the appointment
of the Hon. Egerton Leigh, to be Grand-Master of Free and
Accepted Masons in this province, was notified in due form,
in the presence of upwards of 120 of the Brotherhood, who
unanimously expressed the highest satisfaction thereat.
. . . And at the close of the ceremony, the following lines,
composed by a brother, and set to music by Mr. Peter Valton,
were sung and played, viz.
While Pallas and Phoebus, in grand council sat,
With Bacchus and Venus; a solemn debate
About a Grand-Master's appointment arose,
Which had like to have ended in desperate blows.
. . . [5 verses on choosing a Grand-Master]
[Verse 3]
Not so fast (Cries Apollo) thou blue-ey'ed maid! [Refers to
Pallas]
To music's sweet pow'rs let a deference be paid:
For I swear that none ever my vote will controul,
Who shall be devoid of a musical soul.
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