A47607:1183
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.
O fleeting Joys! O dis-appearing hopes!
O hastening horror! O invading fears!
O hastning horrour! O invading fears!
Had I a Sea of never-emptied tears,
Had I a Sea of never-empty'd tears,
My boundless, helpless grief wide open sets
The Sluices for its streaming Rivulets.
The Sluces for its streaming Rivulets.