By Miss Eliza R. Snow, July 1, 1844 Poetry For the Times and Seasons The Assassination of Gen'ls Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, First Presidents of the Church of Latter Day Saints; Who Were Massacred by a mob in Carthage, Hancock County, Ill., on the 27th June, 1844; _____ A. GIVE EAR Ye heav'ns attend ! Let all the earth give ear ! Let Gods and seraphs, men and angels hear - The worlds on high - the universe shall know What awful scenes are acted here below! B. BLOOD SO NOBLE/PURE BLOOD ON INNOCENCE Had nature's self a heart, her heart would bleed; For never, since the Son of God was slain Has blood no noble, flow'd from human vein As that which now, on God for vengeance calls From "freedom's ground" - from Carthage prison walls! Oh! Illinois! Thy soil has drank the blood Of Prophets martyr'd for the truth of
Scott Vanatter