Poem in LDS periodical uses imagery of the Flood; says deluge swept "peace of human kind."
- Type
- Periodical
- Source
- The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
"Impromptu," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 9, no. 7 (April 1, 1847): 111
- Scribe/Publisher
- The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
- People
- The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Impromptu,
Written in commemoration of President Hyde's departure from England, for the Camp of Israel, 1847.
Farewell, blest messenger of peace!
God's blessing go with thee;
Calm be the winds to waft thee o'er
The boist'rous rolling sea.
Like Noah's dove, far thou hast soar'd,
A resting place to find,
Where sins devouring deluge swept,
The peace of human kind.
Back to the ARK, again thou'lt bear
On wing the glad'ning news,
That sins dark flood has left the land,
Though leaves lie stewed profuse;
And, oh, how happy will they be
To greet the BRANCH of peace,
And eager list, the dove-like tale,
"The troubled waters cease."
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