A47607:1806
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.
How am I spoiled, how am I rent and torn?
How am I spoil'd, how am I rent and torn?
•m like a Ship with raging Tempest tossed
•m like a Ship with raging Tempest tost
Midst Rocks and Sands, just ready to be lost:
Where every Bellow does present a grave,
Where ev'ry Bellow does present a grave,
And Death in Triumph rides on every wave.
And Death in Triumph rides on ev'ry wave.