Moroni Lamentation (1845, 1845ca), 1
Moroni Lamentation (The Song of Mormon)

1. I have no home where shall I go While I am left to weep below My heart is paind my friends are gon And here I am left on earth to mourn

2. I see my people lying around All lifeless here upon the ground Young men and maidens in there gore Which doth increase my sorrows more

3. My father gazed upon the seen And in his writings has made plain How evry Nephite heart did fear When he beheld his foe draw near

4. With ax and bow they fell upon Our men, and women sparing none And left them prostrate on the ground So here they now are bleeding around

5. Ten thousand that were led by me Lay round this hill called cumori There spirits from their bodies fled And they lay numbered with the dead

6. Well might my Father in surprise Cry, O ye fair ones once how fair How is it that you have fallen so My heart is filled with pain for you

7. My life is sought were shall I flee Lord take me home to dwell with thee Where all my sorrows will be ore And I shall weep and sigh no more

8. Thus sang the song of mormon when He gazed upon his Nephite men And women to which had been slain And left to molder on the plane