Pioneer

BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 36 | Issue 4 Article 6 10-1-1996 Pioneer Ed D. Lauritsen Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Lauritsen, Ed D. (1996) "Pioneer," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 36 : Iss. 4 , Article 6. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss4/6 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Lauritsen: Pioneer pioneer ed D lauritsen hear the midnight mobs still hounding gun gunshots shots still resounding hear the gunshows hear the fists on doors still pounding pioneer oh pioneer smell the smoke of nauvoo burning feel the mississippi churning taste the tears of grief and yearning pioneer oh pioneer feel the icy night wind screaming see your breath in lamp hight steaming fight light lamplight keep awake theres death in dreaming pioneer oh pioneer chip a frozen grave for brother grip the trembling hand of mother live one day and then another pioneer oh pioneer lash and bend and drag and carry ration every root and berry grit your way across the prairie pioneer oh pioneer 116 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 1996 1 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, Iss. 4 [1996], Art. 6 storm the mountains steep and looming hear the crashing boulders booming see the oxen straining fuming pioneer oh pioneer gaze at last with soulful sighing see the object of your trying join the thankful singing crying pioneer oh pioneer tame the desert bring the waters raise up zions sons and daughters steady them while mammon totters pioneer oh pioneer send your stripling missionaries send them over seas and prairies send them while the spirit tarries pioneer oh pioneer watch us now from where youre waiting see the millions congregating shout in holy celebrating pioneer oh pioneer in commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the arrival of the mormon pioneers july 24 1847 117 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss4/6 2  (...truncated)