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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.
O mourn, my soul! O let my Spirit bow!
Let all that love the Bridegroom sigh for grief;
For Zion weeps as one past all Relief.
For Sion weeps as one past all Relief.
But why, O Zion, since th• art beloved
But why, O Sion, since th• art belov'd
Of Heavens Supreme, art thou so sadly moved?
Of Heavens Supream, art thou so sadly mov'd?