z82. The Hiftory of S AMPS 0 N. 'To ''v.orfhip IfraeUGod, a11d to forget ' Her fathers houre ; Alas, fhe is as yet ' t ut young; her downy years are green and tender : ' She~s but a tw~g,. and til.11e 'may ea&'ly bend her 'T' i mbrace the truth: Qur Counfels may controul 'Her finful breeding~ and fo fave a foul. 'Nay, who can tel, but Heaven did recomend \ ' 'Her beauty to thefe e,ys, for filch an end J • '0, lofe not that which heaven is pleas'd to fave, 'LetSamp[on then obtain, as well as crave : 'You gave ine .b.eing, then prolong my life, ' And make mehusband to fo fair a wife. With that the Parents joyn~d their whifpering heads; Sampfon obferves, and, in their parley, reads · · So.me Characters of hope; The mother fmilc.s; The father frowns; whieh, Samp[on reconciles With hopeful fears; She fmiles, and fmiling crowns His hopes; which he depofes with his frowns : Ti1e whifpering ended, joyntly the;y difplay'd Ahalfrefolv:edcountenance, and faid, · 'Sampfon, fu'fpend thy .: uoubled mind awhile, ' Let not thy over-charged thoughts recoil : 'Take heed ofShipwrack ; ·Rocks are near the Shore_; 'we'll fee the Virgin,and refolve the~ mo~e. · Meditat. 7• L. Ove js a noble paffionof the heart ; That with it very effence doth imp art Al' needful Circumftances, and effects Hnto the ch?fen ~arty, it affe~s; In ahience, 1t en;oys; andwith an eye ,.. Fill'd with Crelefcial fire, cloth efpy Objects re~note : It joys, and fmiles in grief; It f~·veetens poverty ; it brings relief; ),
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