[
  {
    "title": "115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "ADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;",
      "  Dear brothers of the mystic tie!",
      "Ye favourèd, enlighten’d few,",
      "  Companions of my social joy;",
      "Tho’ I to foreign lands must hie,",
      "  Pursuing Fortune’s slidd’ry ba’;",
      "With melting heart, and brimful eye,",
      "  I’ll mind you still, tho’ far awa.",
      "",
      "",
      "Oft have I met your social band,",
      "  And spent the cheerful, festive night;",
      "Oft, honour’d with supreme command,",
      "  Presided o’er the sons of light:",
      "And by that hieroglyphic bright,",
      "  Which none but Craftsmen ever saw",
      "Strong Mem’ry on my heart shall write",
      "  Those happy scenes, when far awa.",
      "",
      "",
      "May Freedom, Harmony, and Love,",
      "  Unite you in the grand Design,",
      "Beneath th’ Omniscient Eye above,",
      "  The glorious Architect Divine,",
      "That you may keep th’ unerring line,",
      "  Still rising by the plummet’s law,",
      "Till Order bright completely shine,",
      "  Shall be my pray’r when far awa.",
      "",
      "",
      "And you, farewell! whose merits claim",
      "  Justly that highest badge to wear:",
      "Heav’n bless your honour’d noble name,",
      "  To Masonry and Scotia dear!",
      "A last request permit me here,—",
      "  When yearly ye assemble a’,",
      "One round, I ask it with a tear,",
      "  To him, the Bard that’s far awa."
    ],
    "linecount": "32"
  }
]