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The Assassination

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