Poems, Religious, Historical, and Political, Vol I

Poems, Religious, Historical, and Political, Vol I (Reprint), English.
Liverpool, England; London, England. Eliza R. Snow.
1856. First edition. 117 songs.

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Archive Viewer: 66899
Flake-Draper Number: 7843 (Mormon Bibliography, 1830–1930)
Chism Number: 71 (Selection of Early Mormon Hymnbooks, 1832–1872)
BYU Harold B. Lee Library: BX 8688.1 .Sn62p 1856 vol.1; BX 8608 .Ea76 no.32-35
Church History Library: M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 2; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 3; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 4; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 5; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 6; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 7; M288.1 S674p 1856 v. 1 no. 8
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Status: Historical (1856)

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0.	Dedication Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: To all the Saints of God, no matter where
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1.	Invocation (Or the Eternal Father and Mother) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O My Father
3.	Evening Thoughts (Or What It Is to Be a Saint) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: “My heart is fix’d”—I know in whom I trust
7.	The Gathering of the Saints (And the Commencement of the City of Adam-ondi-Ahman) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Awake! my slumbering Minstrel
15.	Two Chapters (Of the Life of President Joseph Smith) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou great eternal of eternity!
27.	Prejudice—What Is It? Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis not an orb, dispensing light
29.	The Transformation (Or the Tool and the Gem) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I saw a thing of rudest form
31.	Genius Emancipated (Or the Effects of Education on the Human Mind) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The scene was rude, and in its scenic pride
33.	Arrival of the First Colony in Charlestown, Massachusetts Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: That surely was a trying day
35.	The Red Man of the South Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: How long shall we be hunted
37.	The Red Man of the West Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The Great Spirit, ’tis said, to our forefathers gave
39.	My First View of a Western Prairie Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The loveliness of Nature always did Delight me
42.	Funeral Hymn Words: Thomas Hastings Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: How calm and beautiful the morn
44.	Juvenile Hymn Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I’ll Serve the Lord While I Am Young
45.	The Bride’s Avowal Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: My lord, the hour approaches
46.	Birth-Day Sonnet Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Youthful Sonnet
47.	True Happiness Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The noblest, proudest joys that this
49.	Mental Gas Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Charles to his teacher
51.	Apostrophe to Death Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Where art thou, Death?
54.	Slaughter of the Saints on Shoal Creek, Mo. Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Here, in a land that freemen call their home
56.	Some Good Things Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: When from injustice’ bitter cup
58.	To Sarah Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Sarah, I love you—I have loved you long
59.	Appeal to Americans Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our forefathers fought and our forefathers bled!
61.	The Saints’ Invocation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Roll on thy work, Eternal God
63.	To the Citizens of Quincy Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Ye Sons and Daughters of Benevolence
65.	Hast Thou Known Suffering? Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hast thou ever felt oppression
67.	Be Not Discouraged Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Though Deepening Trials
68.	Song of the Exiled Saints Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: We are far, far away from the land of our Home
71.	My Own Home Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: My Own Home
73.	The Departed Year Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: In spite of all the watchfulness
74.	As I Believe Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: If we’re faithful to live by each forthcoming word
77.	To a Revolutionary Father Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou aged man! I bless thy hoary head
79.	Columbia! My Country Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I love the land with banner spread
81.	To Mr. and Mrs. S. (On the Death of a Child) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Cease, ye fond parents, cease to weep
83.	To the Saints in Europe Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Ye Saints who dwell on Europe’s shore
85.	To Elder Lorenzo Snow (London, England) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Dearest Brother, wherefore leave us?
87.	The Nauvoo Legion Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The firm heart of the Sage
89.	Queen Victoria Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Of all the monarchs of the earth
91.	The Temple of God Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Lo, the Savior is coming, the prophets declare
94.	Missouri Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: What aileth thee, O Missouri
97.	To a Scottish Maiden Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Far from the braes of Scotland
99.	To Mrs. Haywood Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Like the figures incog., in a masquerade scene
100.	On the Death (Of the Dearly Beloved and Much Lamented Father in Israel, Joseph Smith, Sen.) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Zion’s noblest sons are weeping
103.	On the Death (Of Brigadier-General Don Carlos Smith) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Th’ insatiate archer, Death, once more
105.	The Funeral of Brigadier-General Don Carlos Smith Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: It was a Sabbath day—The morning came
112.	Twilight Imaginings Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Slumbering Muse, can aught inspire thee
118.	On the Death (Of Elder Lorenzo D. Barnes) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Ah! has he gone?
120.	Death of W. H. Harrison Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Why flows that strain of deep-ton’d sympathy
122.	To His Excellency Governor Carlin Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Ofttimes beneath the banner spread
125.	Riots in Congress Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hush, hush, lest the monarchs of Europe hear
127.	The Kidnapping of Lieutenant-General Joseph Smith Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Like bloodhounds fiercely prowling
130.	Jubilee Song Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: That deed—that time we celebrate
133.	To He Knows Who Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: You have found a seclusion
134.	Your Portrait Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: You have left us your portrait
135.	Supplication Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O God! thou God that rules on high
136.	To the Saints Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Awake, Ye Saints of God, Awake!
138.	To Mrs. L. (Obituary) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Earthly happiness is fleeting
139.	Celestial Glory Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The Trials of the Present Day
142.	The Assassination (Of Generals Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Ye heav’ns attend! Let all the earth give ear!
146.	Let Us Go Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Let us go, let us go to the ends of the earth
147.	The Lord Is My Trust Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou that didst create the heavens and the earth
149.	The Bereaved Wife Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I knew her ere she had been left
151.	Eden Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Primeval beauty, in primeval bloom
153.	Address to Earth Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou, earth, wast once a glorious sphere
155.	To President Brigham Young Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: A responsible station is surely thine
157.	To John Taylor Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou Chieftain of Zion! henceforward thy name
158.	The Venerable Mrs. Lucy Smith Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The aged, venerated, much belov’d
161.	Camp of Israel (No. 1) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Although in woods and tents we dwell
163.	Camp of Israel (No. 2) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Lo! a mighty host of Jacob
165.	In All Things Rejoice Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O, ye tossed to and fro, and afflicted!
166.	To the Writers of Fiction Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O, why indulge the gifted pen
168.	Lines (Written on the Birth of the Infant Son of Mrs. Emma) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Sinless as celestial spirits
170.	A Journeying Song (For the Pioneers to the Mountains) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The time of winter now is o’er
173.	The Twelve Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: They have gone, they have gone, new privations to share
175.	To the Venerable Patriarch John Smith Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Great glory awaits thee, thou father in Israel
177.	To Mrs. V. Kimball Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou much beloved in Zion
178.	To Elder L. (On His Departure for Europe) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Go, brother, go forth
180.	To Charles and Vilate Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Please accept my warmest wishes
181.	Song of the Desert Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Beneath the cloud-topped mountain
183.	To President B. Young and Camp Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hail! ye mighty men of Israel
184.	The Wife’s Salutation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our life is a cup where the sweet with the bitter
186.	Expectation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hast thou ever afloat on the ocean afar
188.	Come to the Valley Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Oft my spirit seems to mingle
190.	To Elder P. B. L. Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Sir, I had once a home and wealth
192.	The Mother’s Salutation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: When from kindred kindred part
194.	The Children’s Salutation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Welcome! father, welcome! mother
196.	The Salutation (Of the Saints in the Valley) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: You have come, you have come to the Valley once more
198.	Song of Praise and Thanksgiving Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our Father God, to thee belongs
200.	On the Death of J. S. Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Low in the dust the casket lies
201.	The Lord Has Delivered His People Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The Lord hath dealt marvellously with His people
203.	Anniversary Song for the Pioneers Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: For the Pioneers
205.	Liberty Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: For the 24 Young Ladies
207.	Lines on the Death (Of Bishop Newell K. Whitney) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: A mighty man, a man of worth
209.	To Mrs. Mary (Consort of the Late Hyrum Smith) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Though thy lord, thy companion, is laid in the dust
210.	To Elder Franklin D. Richards Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thrice welcome, herald of eternal Truth!
212.	The New Year (1852) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hark! ’tis the trump of Time that ushers in
217.	Celebration Song for the Fourth of July Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: All hail the day Columbia first
219.	To Elder Samuel W. Richards Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Go, go, brother Richards
220.	To the Saints in Denmark Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: All you who in Denmark believe on the Lord
221.	The Narrow Way Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: When I espoused the cause of Truth
223.	To Mrs. Stenhouse (Switzerland) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Sister, you are counted worthy
225.	The Temple Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our era this day numbers three years and twenty
227.	All Is Well Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O Awake! My Slumbering Minstrel
228.	Introduction of the Year 1853 Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The Year has come
232.	To an Elder in Israel Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Clothed with the Priesthood and the power
234.	A Word to the Saints Who Are Gathering Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Think Not, When You Gather to Zion
235.	To Elder John Lyon Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Like a bright golden gem, in a casket refined
236.	To Franklin D. Richards Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The time has come when you again
237.	Time and Change Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Time is a Tourist. Ever since the great
254.	Ode Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Fairest Spirit of the skies
257.	Ode for the Fourth of July Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Shall we commemorate the day
261.	National Song Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thrones, Kingdoms, Dominions and all Institutions
263.	Railroad Stanzas Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: In Jehovah’s arm we trusted
265.	National Anthem Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Lo! an Ensign of Peace on the tops of the mountains
266.	To Elder John Kay Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The Spirit of Truth will direct you
268.	To Joseph Scofield Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Go forth, brother Joseph
269.	To Elders (F. D. Richards, J. A. Young, W. H. Kimball, J. Ferguson, J. A. Little, G. D. Grant, and E. Ellsworth) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Brothers Edmund, George, James, William, Joseph, and Franklin

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