A47607:1160
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.
Must that Illustrious Morning-light be gone,
That spread it Beams through all our Horizon?
Must wretched Malice, and prodigious Lust,
Must bare-faced Pride, and impudent Distrust,
Must bare-fac'd Pride, and impudent Distrust,
Rob thee of this inestimable Jewel?
How canst thou be so pitiless, so cruel