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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.
How dare you run this vile Career, till Death,
Like a Grim Serjeant, comes to arrest your breath,
Like a Grim Serjeant, comes t'arrest your breath,
When Tongues do falter, & your Eyestrings crack
When Tongues do faulter, & your Eyestrings crack
When stings of Horror do your Conscience rack,
When Hells Abyss sets ope its spacious Gate,