A47607:1136
Zion in distressSion in distress
Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]
London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When limbs grow stiff, and feeble Age does plough
When limbs grow stiff, and feeble Age does plow
Its wrinkled furrows on the Patients brow;
When heat gives place to a benumbing cold,
When heat gives place to a benumming cold,
When doting Fancy cares not to be told
Of its approaches to a certain Grave;