Zion in distressSion in distress

Name: Sion in distress
Author: Benjamin Keach

Zion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Church [sic]Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic]

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed by George Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681

[6], 128 p. · 27k words · Wing K87 · ESTC R27452

Title page typeset from the transcription.

To his Friend the AUTHOR, On the FIRST IMPRESSION.To his Friend the AVTHOR, On the FIRST IMPRESSION.

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.

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What Muse is this, that thus inspires thy Brain,

WHat Muse is this, that thus inspires thy Brain,

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And leads thy Genius to so high a Strain?

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Must thy Aspiring Fancy now rehearse

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Thy Mothers Groans in an Elegiac Verse?

Thy Mothers Groans in an Elegiack Verse?

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Is Prose too mean and unregarded now,

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