Poems, Religious, Historical, and Political, Vol II

Poems, Religious, Historical, and Political, Vol II (Reprint), English.
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Eliza R. Snow.
1877. First edition. 85 songs.

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Archive Viewer: 66904
Flake-Draper Number: 7844 (Mormon Bibliography, 1830–1930)
BYU Harold B. Lee Library: BX 8688.1 .Sn62p 1877 vol.2; BX 8608 .Ea76 no.32-35
Church History Library: M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 2; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 3; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 4; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 5; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 6; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 7; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 8; M288.1 S674p 1877 v. 2 no. 9
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Language: English

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Status: Historical (1877)

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1.	Dedication (To Brigham Young) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Servant of God, most honored—most beloved
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3.	Stanzas Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Why should we grasp the shadow
5.	The Ultimatum of Human Life Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The sun had set, and twilight’s shady mood
10.	The Past Year Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: A Year! What is a Year? ’Tis but a link
13.	Whatever Is, Is Right Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Whatever is, is right
18.	My Bankrupt Bill Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I know, some critics have pronounced it weak
22.	Contrast Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The storm is past: all nature is serene
24.	Immortality Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Yes, Immortality: That bosom word
27.	Confidence Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Has earth to boast, a fairer, brighter gem
32.	The Grand Conquest Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Time, in a tour of near six thousand years
36.	Nationality Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Most courteously, this evening, I’ll present
41.	The Hopes of Heaven Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The hopes of heaven beguile life’s checkered way
43.	To a Stranger Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Far from the land that gave thee birth
45.	Contentment Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Contentment is wealth
47.	Narcissa to Narcissus Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Deaf was my ear—my heart was cold
48.	To a Young Saint Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Fair, youthful Maiden, dost thou comprehend
50.	The Hero’s Reward Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Well may the fire of glory blaze
52.	The Day Is Dawning Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Lo! the mighty God remembers
53.	The Lamanite 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
58.	The Thoughts of Home Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O, is there aught so gently strange
60.	My Own—My Country’s Flag Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I love that Flag. When in my childish glee
62.	Ode to Liberty Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hail, the Day when Freedom, first
65.	The Year Has Gone Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: List to that sound—that rolling chime
67.	Peace in the States Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: There’s a pause—there’s an ebb in the nation tide
69.	The Hypocrite and the Traitor Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I hate hypocrisy—that velvet thing
73.	The Champion Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: What champion comes with piercing eye
75.	The God I Worship Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Let the pagan claim for his god of war
77.	Our Religion Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Who can describe its worth?
79.	To Be, or Not to Be Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: To be a Saint, or not to be
81.	What Is, and What Is Not for Woman Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis not for her to plough the deep
82.	The Grave Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis a shadowy region, where close in retreat
83.	The Tattler Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: It has been said by some, that woman’s heart
86.	Hints at Matters of Fact in Utah Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Say, have we “fallen on evil times”
88.	How ’70 Leaves Us and How ’71 Finds Us Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Time makes no pauses: Each incoming year
92.	Ourselves and Our Enemies Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: We’ll beat our foes at every game
95.	A Voice from Utah Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Think you our nation is improving?
97.	The Kingdom of God Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The kingdom of God is a kingdom of Order
99.	The Fountain and Streams of Life Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Pure is life’s fountain—pure the Eternal Source
100.	I Am Thy Child Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our God, our Father and our Friend—God of Eternity
101.	Man Capable of Higher Developments Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Man’s tide of existence is fearfully changed
103.	Life’s Compounds Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Our life abounds with mingled light and shade
107.	Whom I Pity Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I pity those who know no happiness
109.	The Year 1872 Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The year is stepping out
112.	Florence Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Beneath high, villa-dotted hills
113.	At the Sea of Galilee Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I have stood on the shore of the beautiful sea
115.	Change Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis the evening of Time, and it is not strange
117.	The Ship Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The ship was launched: It was forced to ride
119.	My Country—A Lamentation (Prose) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Columbia, my country!
123.	The Fathers—Wouldn’t They Be Astonished? Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Could our country’s noble sages
125.	Address (Prose) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Latter-Day Saint Ladies of Utah
133.	Good Society (Prose) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: How sweet is the association of hearts united
139.	Psalm (Prose) Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: O Lord our God, Thou art great and glorious
144.	A Jubilee Poem Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: This day, on history’s brightest page
148.	Song of a Missionary’s Children Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The long, long time, dear father
150.	Annie’s Sympathy Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Annie’s Sympathy
152.	Angel Whisperings to the Dying Child Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Angel Whisperings to a Dying Child
153.	My Father Dear Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: My own dear loving father
155.	Santa Claus Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: To Santa Claus
156.	Address to Parents Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: With much respect, Fathers, and Mothers too
159.	In Memoriam Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis sad to part with those we dearly love
162.	In Memory of Willard Richards Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hear that low, plaintive sound!
163.	Reflections on the Departure of Jedediah M. Grant Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: He’s gone, ’tis true, but yet, he is not dead
165.	Lines Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Be cheered, O Zion!
166.	In Memory of George A. Smith Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: A friend of God—a friend of man
169.	Caroline Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: To live a Saint—a Saint to die
170.	Alice Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: She is not dead. She has laid aside
171.	Eloquence Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: There is an eloquence that breathes throughout
173.	Woman Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Before this noble audience
179.	One of Time’s Changes Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: The times are changed from what they were
181.	Temple Song Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Hark, hark! angelic minstrels sing
183.	Retirement Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I love retirement. To my spirit ’tis
184.	Reflections Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Twas in the house of mourning. Friends had met
186.	A Winter Soliloquy Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I hear—I see its tread as Winter comes
187.	My Epitaph Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: ’Tis not the tribute of a sigh
189.	Our Nation Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: How came this mighty nation?
192.	To, She Knows Who Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Dear Lady—My Sister
194.	To Mrs. ——— Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Pleasure sat gently smiling when
199.	To Mrs. Harriet Gray Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Fare you well, beloved mother
200.	To a Philanthropist Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Most honored Sir: I’d fain address my pen
202.	The Ladies of Utah Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Why are you in these mountains
205.	Crossing the Atlantic Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: We’re on the Minnesota
207.	London Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Far, far away from our dear native land
210.	Apostrophe to Jerusalem Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: Thou City with a cherished name
213.	Personification of Truth, Error, Etc. Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: I love the beauties of the vale
281.	Funeral of President Brigham Young Words: Eliza R. Snow Music: N/A (words only) View song ( ) Other versions of this song: That morning dawned as bright and beautiful

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