Classic Poem

SIR KNIGHT, YOUR VALEDICTORY

The earth may reel from trembling pole to pole,
The fiery billows in their fury roll,
But, fixed on C HRIST , the Templar Host will stand,
And brave the terrors of the burning land: —
Hail and Salute!

Winter may bind the earth in icy chain,
Spring may unloose the laughing streams again;
Summer may heat, and autumn heap the land,
While fixed on C HRIST the Templar Host will stand: —
Hail and Salute!

The enemies of law may rouse their ire,
And threaten us again with rack and fire, —
We laugh to scorn the persecuting hand,
And, fixed on C HRIST , the Templar Host will stand: —
Hail and Salute!

God speed you, Brothers of Golgotha's Cross!
God keep you from all detriment and loss!
Ever, by gates Celestial be ye fanned,
And, fixed on C HRIST , your Templar Host shall stand: —
Hail and Salute!