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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842

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“Mr. Fare Play,” Poem, to JS, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. late 1842; unidentified handwriting; twenty pages; JS Collection, CHL.

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O quit the Land when saints on God do <​call​>
Your captain knaves has gone from you <​away​>
And you may go youll never win the <​day​>
10 O knaives poor men have got no <​bags to spare​>
Hence you of them should not expect a <​share​>
Now if you steal steal from the wealthy <​man​>
Would not this be O knave a better plan
But I wish you would all from us depart
And you may go on foot or in a cart
I care not how you go if you will go
But ceace at any rate your tricks to show
The man is not an upright man who steals
From neighbours rich or poor The man who <​feels​>
That he is much in need of flour or meal
Had better work than of his neighbours steal
A man must be a foolish man indeed
Who pays to God and man so little heed
As knaves & rascals do who cheat and lie
Perhaps as they’d like the prophets hands to tie
 
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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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