Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842

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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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“Mr. Fare Play,” Poem, to JS, [
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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. late 1842; unidentified handwriting; twenty pages; JS Collection, CHL.

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Book II

1 O friends let us in God most High delight

For he has powr O friends to guide us right

He has the powr each humble saint to bless

Who does to him in truth and love confess

O may we serve the Lord with single Eye

And of the tatlers love be ever shy

O let us put our trust in God supreme

And never stoop low to the tatlers theme

2 O ask the prophets true if God is pleasd

With those who are with tatlings low diseasd

What do you think the prophets true will say

Of those who do the tatler’s law obey

Will they their tatling lies and tales commend

Or will they at the tatlers arrows send

What do the prophets true O friends advise

That we may damp with scorn the tatlers lies

3 Our prophet says O friend we must <reform>

But does he say there is a gathering storm

Which is about upon our heads to break

Unless the saints The saints the tatling trade <forsake>

Perhaps we may O friends be scattered wide

If we by tatling laws O friends abide

The tatlers laws Shall never govern me

As long as I have Eyes their works to see [p. [9]]
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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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