I The Hiftoryof S AMP SO N. ~ 67· (ireat'God! whofe power hath fo oft: prevail'd Againft the firength of Princes, and haft quail'd Their prouder fiomack; with thy breath difcrown~d Their heads, and thrown their Sceprers to the ground, Srriking theirfwelling hearts with cold defpair, How art thou conquer'd and o'recome by pray'.r! Infufe that Spirit, great God, into my heart, . And I will have a bleffing c;:'re we part. T HE A R. G·UMEN T. Manoah defires to k_now the fafhion And breedingof his promis' d Son ; To whom the Angel ma'k_es relation o[all things needful to be done. sea. 4· VV Ith that the Dainty Rofe, and being guided By his perplexed wife~ they both divided Their heedlefs paces till they had attain'd The field, wherein the Man ofGodremain·d: And, drawing neerer to his prefence, fl:ay'd His weary fteps, and, with obe}fance faid: ~ Art thou the~~' whofe blefied lips foretold 'Thofe jQyful tydings ? Shall my tongue be bold, ~ Without the breach ofmanners, to requefi ' This boon, Art thou that Prophet that poffefi ' This'barren vvornan, with a hope, that ihe ·' Shall bear a ron ? He anfwered, ' I am he : Said Ma1].oah then, ' Let not a word of thine ' Ee loft ; Jet them continue to divine 'O,ur futur~ l'lappinefs let them be crown'd ~ With tru·th, ~nd thou with honour, to be found ' A ,,
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