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Lyrics: And it is impossible for the tongue to describe, <br/>or for man to write <br/>a perfect description of the horrible scene <br/>of the blood and carnage which was among the people, <br/>both of the Nephites <br/>and of the Lamanites. <br/>And every heart was hardened <br/>so that they delighted in the shedding of blood continually. <br/>And there never had been so great wickedness among all the children of Lehi,... <br/>Nor even among all the house of Israel as was among this people. <br/>O the depravity of my people! <br/>They were without order and without mercy. <br/>Behold, I am a man, and I have but the strength of a man... <br/>and I could not any longer enforce my commands. <br/>And they had become strong in their perversion; <br/>and they were alike brutal...sparing none, <br/>neither old nor young; <br/>and they delighted in everything save that which is good; <br/>and the suffering of our women and our children... <br/>upon all the face of this land <br/>did exceed everything; <br/>yea, tongue cannot tell, <br/>neither can it be written. <br/>And from this time forth did the Nephites gain no power over the Lamanites... <br/>but began to be swept off by them even as a dew before the sun. <br/>And it came to pass that we did again take to flight, <br/>and those whose flight did not exceed the Lamanites' <br/>were swept down and destroyed; <br/>and those whose flight was swifter than the Lamanites' did escape... <br/>And now behold, <br/>I, Mormon do not desire to harrow up the souls of men <br/>in casting before them such an awful scene <br/>of blood and carnage as was laid before mine eyes,... <br/>but I, <br/>knowing that those things must surely be made known, <br/>and that all things which are hid <br/>must be revealed upon the housetops-- <br/>therefore I write a small abridgment, <br/>daring not to give a full account of the things which I have seen, <br/>because of the commandment which I have received, <br/>and also that ye might not have too great sorrow <br/>because of the wickedness of this people.

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