A DIRGE FOR BRIGHAM YOUNG.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 256, 29 October 1877, Page 4

A DIRGE FOR BRIGHAM YOUNG.

[Saturday Advertiser.] "Weep rfor him, wail for him, widows of Utah, Flooding the Salt Lake with tears that ye shed ; lighting the groper with wild barraciita— The Prophet has vanished, the Ta triarch'a dead. : Oyer the mound where our Brigham is. sleeping, Sorrowful dirges are chanted and sung, "Widows are sobbing and orphans are weeping, The mothers of Utah are mourning their Young. Silent, O saints, be the songs of your daughters. Husbandless now they may wander unsealed ; Peaceful, 0 Lake, be the roar of thy waters, Unboiled bq the kettle, untilied be the field ; The sun of our glory and greatness is banished, The^waspish and merciless phantom bas stung, The leader of Zion ! our Brigham has vanished The mothers of Utah are mourning their Young Sadly and slowly the widows are moaning,. Loudly the orphans are roaring for jam! Hannah is whining, and Judith is groaning, r And Rachel is kissing her fatherless lamb; Abigail's sad,. and Rebecca is lonely, Ruth is in tears, from her tender heart wrung, While Sarah sighs "Brigham, dear I've loved thee only — ' The. widows of Utah are mourning their Young. Mourn for the father of Utah-lisation. Calmly he sleeps "mong the sanctified urns Versed in humanity's multiplication, A Profit that always brought in quick returns "Weep for him, wail for him, mothers . and maidens, . Wag in despair every aspen- leaf tongue; Blending their voices in musical cadence, The mothers of Utah are mourning their Young.