[For the Times and Seasons.]

The following lines were written during the late arrest of Pres. Joseph Smith, which was instigated through the untiring malice

of Missouri persecution; and are respectfully inscribed to Mrs. Emma Smith;

By Miss Eliza R. Snow.

I saw her in the throng, that met to pray Beloved of God and every faithful saint!

For her companion-torn from her away, Thy bosom feels what language fails to paint,

And from the church; thro' the device of those, When persecution, cloth'd with heartless pow'r,

Who in Missouri, vow'd to be our foes! Seeks with untiring malice, to devour

I gazed a moment, then I turn'd aside, Thy head-the partner, chosen of thy heart!-

The agitation of my soul to hide; With proper deff'rence, I would fain impart

And asked the Lord, to send a quick relief A word of comfort.-God, our God on high,

To her, who ever wept o'er others' grief- Regards thy suff'ring, and his people's cry;

To her, whose presence heav'nly lustre [luster]shed- And will restore the absent to thy side,

Who cloth'd the naked, and the hungry fed. And crown thy joy with virtue's sinless pride.

Ah! why should deep, intense anxiety, Shall wickedness forever triumph? No!

Pervade a breast where sensibility "The haughtiness of man, shall be brought low"-

Like hers resides? Oh! why should trouble roll Th' oppressor cease, and wicked men in power,

Its restless waves across her spotless soul? Like hungry wolves, no more the saints devour;

Ah! why should sorrow's bitterness corrode The time will come, when truth and righteousness,

A heart that is sweet innocence' abode Will fill the earth with peace and happiness.

Why should suspense, with racking torture bind City of Nauvoo, June 10th 1841.

The impulse of her noble, virtuous mind?

Why sadness shade the brow, so wont to glow

With love's bright radiance, "chaste as winter snow"?

Why should oppression aim another dart,

To wound the peace of her oft stricken heart?