Songs of Zion; BEING IMITATIONS OF PSALMS. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. come let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the Palm xev. 1. 787 Preface. In the following Imitations of portions of the true "Songs of Zion," the author pretends not to have succeeded better than any that have gone before him; but, having followed in the track of none, he would venture to hope, that, by avoiding the rugged literality of some, and the diffusive paraphrases of others, he may, in a few instances, have approached nearer than either of them have generally done, to the ideal model of what devotional poems, in a modern tongue, grounded upon the subjects of ancient psals, yet suited for Christian edification, ought to be. Beyond this he dare not say more than that whatever symp |