Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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“Mr. Fare Play,” Poem, to JS, [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. late 1842; unidentified handwriting; twenty pages; JS Collection, CHL.
9 But how can Evil speaking pass away
While men neglect their honest debts to pay
I know that I in This am some in fault
But do not think that this will me Exalt
I have desird long time my debts to pay
And some I’ve paid in cutting prairie hay
But I expect that I will soon be clear
I wish the time was fifty times as near
10 What shall we do there is a gathering storm
Low tatling now must cease and remits reform
And if we wish the misteries from above
We must in holy concert learn to move
We must in order due all things arrange
And men must give the labouring man <his change>
We must the great commands of God obey
And not forget when due our debts to pay
11 Where is The man who am in Spirit pray
When he receives insults from day to day
Who is insulted more than Joseph Smith
All knaves and rascals mean should feel <the mith>
The hick’ry with Amen should be polite
And poets and the truth should ever write
And men should try and never disapoint
That Things may be in and not out of joint
12 We always ought to do as well as say
And spend our time in work and not in <play>
An upright man desires the truth to know
That he in knowledge true may daily grow [p. [5]]
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