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 "title": "Odd Fellowship Lines Read at Concert",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "language": "en",
 "book": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames",
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  "year": 1884,
  "venue": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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   "https://archive.org/details/cihm_11791"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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   {
    "text": "We look in vain for our Past Grands,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Now scattered over many lands,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Now some o’er the wide world do rove,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And some have joined Grand Lodge above,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But ever since Father Adams’ fall",
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   },
   {
    "text": "We are dependent creatures all,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Though man is weak yet he may join",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With others strength for to combine.",
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   {
    "text": "The illustration it is grand,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Five Oddfellows in one hand,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And yet they all united stand,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Each finger hath a different length,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Each finger varies in its strength,",
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   {
    "text": "Each one is weak, but a firm fist,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "You can scarcely break or twist,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "’Tis same with members of a lodge,",
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   {
    "text": "United them you cannot budge.",
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  [
   {
    "text": "Then let us linked with pleasant chain,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Friendship, love and truth maintain,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And aid our brothers in distress,",
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   {
    "text": "The widows and the orphans bless,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Then let each lodge strive all it can,",
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   {
    "text": "Both Oxford and Samaritan",
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   },
   {
    "text": "To aid distressed brother man,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Extending influence for good,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And universal brotherhood.",
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