Craft of King Hiram and St. John, + 

They figurative work on stone, + 

King Hiram he is the old sire + 

And he was famous King of Tyre. + 

But great as King upon a throne + 

Is the good, kind, true St. John, + 

Cathedrals did craftsmen raise, + 

Fills all our minds now with amaze. + 

No modern chisel has the power + 

To trace such leaf, and bud, and flower, + 

But though our structures now are rude + 

Let us all make the mortar good. + 

And this injunction never spare, + 

To have the work both plumb and square, + 

And it must have no crack nor flaw, + 

So masters will lay down the law. + 

Of all our work this is the chief, + 

To give the needy ones relief, + 

And with truth and brotherly love + 

We sublime structure raise above. + 

The greatest honor has been won + 

By that great builder Solomon, + 

And craftsmen o’er the world do sing + 

The praises of that mighty King. + 