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Source: Times and Seasons Vol. 5 Chapter 22 Page: 735

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735 POETRY.

From the Nauvoo Neighbor.

Lines written on the birth of the infant son of Mrs. Emma, widow of the later General Joseph Smith.

BY MISS ELIZA R. SNOW.

Sinless as celestial spirits- Not to share a father's fondness-

Lovely as a morning flow'r, Not to know its father's worth-

Comes the smiling infant stranger By the arm of persecution

In an evil-omen'd hour. 'Tis an orphan at its birth!

In an hour of lamentation- Smile, sweet babe! thou art unconscious

In a time-a season when Of thy great, untimely loss!

Zion's noblest sons are fallen, The broad stroke of thy bereavement,

By the hands of wicked men. Zion's pathway seem'd to cross!

In an hour when peace and safety Till in childhood thou had'st known him,

Have the civil banner fled- Had the age, thy father spar'd;

In a day when legal justice The endearment of remembrance,

Covers its dishonor'd head. Though thy life time thou had'st shar'd.

In an age when saints must snffer [suffer] Thou may'st draw from love and kindness

Without mercy or redress; All a mother can bestow;

Comes to meet a generation But alas! on earth, a father

That has made it fatherless. Thou art destin'd not to know!

Nauvoo, Nov. 24th, 1844.

Lines written on the death of Father Hancock, who died near the Motley Settlement, Hancock county, Ill., Oct. 1, 1844.

BY H. E. RUDD.

Gone to the world of spirits, gone; We look for father:-father's gone

He's left this vail [veil] of tears, To meet no more with us.

The cabin and the garden spot,

In which he pass'd the remnant out, Gone where the wicked never come;

Of eighty troubled years. The weary are at rest;

Pain, sickness, sorrow, all is o'er;

Gone fare-thee-well; we lov'd thee dear; He's paid the debt, and can no more:

No more we'll hear thy voice; He reigns amongst the blest.

Our Sabbath meetings seem to mourn,

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