Poem from Eliza R. Snow, before 20 August 1842

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Eliza R. Snow
21 Jan. 1804–5 Dec. 1887. Poet, teacher, seamstress, milliner. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca. 1806. Member of Baptist church. Baptized into Church...
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, Hancock Co., IL], to JS and
Emma Smith
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
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Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, before 20 Aug. 1842]. Version published in Wasp, 20 Aug. 1842, vol. 1, no. 18, [4]. For more complete source information, see the source note for Notice, 28 Apr. 1842.

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Emma Smith
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
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e[liza] r. snow
21 Jan. 1804–5 Dec. 1887. Poet, teacher, seamstress, milliner. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca. 1806. Member of Baptist church. Baptized into Church...
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Since by chance, the ‘key bump,’ has been added to you

With its proper enlargement of brain;

Let me hope all the thunderbolts malice may strew,

Will excite in your bosom, no pain.

But I think if an angel were station’d in air,

For a season, just over our heads,

With a view of things passing: his optics would stare

To behold the vague scenery that spreads.

He’d be apt to conclude, from the medley of things;

We’ve got into a jumble of late—

A deep intricate puzzle, a tangle of strings,

That no possible scheme can make straight.

Tell me, what will it be, and O, where will it end?

Say, if you have permission to tell:

Is there any fixed point unto which prospects tend?

Does a focus belong to pell-mell?

From the midst of confusion can harmony flow?

Or can peace from distraction come forth?

From out of corruption, integrity grow?

Or can vice unto virtue give birth?

Will the righteous come forth with their garments unstained?

With their hearts unpoluted with sin?

O, yes; Zion, thy honor will still be sustained,

And the glory of God usher’d in. [p. [4]]
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