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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.
That cuts thy Veins, and wounds thy very heart.
Can Zion choose but send out mournful Cries?
Can Sion chuse but send out mournful Crys?
And weep thy Downfall in sad Elegies?
And weep thy Downfal in sad Elegies?
Within thy Bounds my Tabernacles were
Built up, and I did long inhabit here.