“Blue Masonry
LEGENDA XXXII (pages 23-24)
neither remembers its duty,
nor knows its powers.
It can neither prevent political convolutions,
nor avert the horrors
of civil war.
When these rage,
it’s voice is not uplifted
to still the storm;
but it withdrawals
into its cells and asyla,
hoping to emerge again
when the skies are
clear once more,
to renew its self-glorification,
and weary men
with its idle vanities.”
