And the Saints of God who’re banished
From their country and their home,
Who, for Jesus’ testimony
In the wilderness now roam,
Will with pray’r and supplication
Plead for thee before the throne
Of the great eternal mother,
Do not feel thyself alone.
Eliza R. Snow remains, in the Saints’ memory, our preeminent poet. This excerpt recently appeared in Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry edited by Tyler Chadwick, Dayna Patterson, and Martin Pulido (Peculiar Pages 2018).