Poetry

Roll on thy work, Eternal God; When all the people will be wise,

And speed that glorious time, And all their dealings just:

When thy pure gospel, spread abroad When lying tongues, and envious eyes

Will gladden every clime. Will moulder in the dust.

When burnished error will return, When Zion shall be plac'd on high,

E'en down from whence it came In bold security:

When truth- the lamp of life, shall burn When all the watchman, eye to eye

With clear, celestial [celestial] flame. Upon her walls shall see.

When knowledge, flowing from on high, When love to God and neighbor, will

Shall o'er the earth be spread, Pervade each human breast;

Deep mantling, as the waves that lie And in the light of Zion's hill

Upon the ocean's bed. The nations, all be blest.

O; give the happy period birth When Zion's lofty towers shall rise,

When strife and war shall cease; Above all earthly height;

When all the nations of the earth, And mingling with the joyful skies,

Will learn the art of peace. Eclipse yon orbs of light.

When foul iniquity, will hide, Propel thy glorious kingdom forth-

In shame its hateful head; Extend its light abroad:

And wicked men, no more, in pride Perform thy purpose on the earth,

Upon the righteous, tread. Thou great Eternal God ELIZA R. SNOW.