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 my Friend the AUTHOR, Upon His REVIV'D POEM.

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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These are but Whimsies—Some Seraphic Fire

These are but Whimsies—Some Seraphick Fire

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His Muse did with this Mourning Song inspire

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Who ran but, in the highest Notes of Grief,

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Weep Tears in Verse, when ZION wants Relief?

Weep Tears in Verse, when SION wants Relief?

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Such as from. Art their lofty Strains do borrow,

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