, The H;flory of SA l'JPS0 N~ I 7) Sell. 2. (wears · VVHen time(whofe progrefsmod~rates... &owt• Th~extreamefi patnons ofthe P,ighdl: fearsi By his benignan~ power, had re-iniaq:'d Their captive fenf~s, and at length difchartd .Their frighted thm:~ghts, the trembling couple rofe From their unquiet, and difl:urb'd repofe: Have you beheld aTempefi , how the waves, (.Whofe unrefified tyranny out-braves _... And threats to grapple with rhe darkned Skies) How ~il}eto moving Mountains they arife · From their difiempredOcean, and affail .. Heav'ns Battlements; nay, 'when the winds do fail To breath another blafi, with their own motion, They fl:iii are fweiling, and difl:urb the Ocean : Evenfo the Danite and his trembling wife, · Their yet eonfufed thoughts are fiil at firife In their perplexed bre'f,fl:s, which entertain'd Continued fears too firong to be refrain'd: Speechiefs they fiood, till Manoah that: brake The fiience firfi, difclos'd his lips, and fpake : . ' ' \Vhat fl:range afpect was this, rhat to our fight 'Appear'cl fo terrible, and did affright 'Our fcattering thoughts ? what didour eys behold ? 'Ifear our layi(h tongues have been too bold : ' What fpe·eches pafi between us ?Canfi recal ' Tf.le words we entertain 'd tl.le time withal ! 'It was no man ; 1t was no ftelh and blood ; ' Methought mine ears did tingle, while he flood 'And comrnun·d with me: at each word he fpake, 'Methought niy heart recoyl'd; his voice ~id fhake 'My very (oul ; but when as he became (;Soangry, and fo dainty or his name, T 2
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