Songs of Zion; BEING IMITATIONS OF PSALMS. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. come let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the 75% 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 psales, yet suited for Christian edification, ought to be. Beyond this he dare not say more than that whatever symp |