A47607:2833
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.
VIII. But they indeed on fancies feed, 'Twill come to such an Ebb, That they shall see their hopes will be Like to the Spiders Wed.
VIII. But they indeed on fancys feed, 'Twill come to such an Ebb, That they shall see their hopes will be Like to the Spiders Wed.
IX. They still do keep themselves asleep, And know not where they be, Were they awake, how would they quake Their woeful State to see?
IX. They still do keep themselves asleep, And know not where they be, Were they awake, how would they quake Their woful State to see?
X. You who remain so very vain, And in a formal state, And all the while have got no Oil, You will mourn when 'tis too late.
X. You who remain so very vain, And in a formal state, And all the while have got no Oil, You'll mourn when 'tis too late.