. ' ~ ihe Hiflory of SA MPS 0 N. . 36i c o, ifchy love could fhare an equal part .j 'In the tad griefs of rily· affiilte~ heart, ' Thy clofed eyes had never ~n this fort, 'Been pleas'dwith refi, and made thy night fo fhort : ' Perchance, iffuy d¥11 eyes had flumbred too, · ' My dreams had dol'le,what thou deny'd to do: ' Perchance, my fancy would have been fo kirid 'T' unfolve the doubts ofmy pt;rpiexed 111ind; ' 'Twas a (mal fuit that thy unlucky Bride, ' Mufi liglit upon :Too fmall to be denied ; ' Can love fa foon----! But ere her lips could fpend The following words" he fa id, 'Srifpend, fufpend, ~ Thy rafh attempt, .and let rhy tongue difpenfe 'With fGrc'd denial: Let,thy lips commence ' Some greater fuit, and ~ampfon fhall make good ' Thy fair defires wi~hhis 4earefi blood : 'Speak then~my love, tho\1 fhalt not with, and )Varit; 'Thou canfi not beg, what' Sampfou cannot grant: 'Onl;y in this excufi!-me;·and refrain & To beg, what thou, perforce; mufi beg in vain. (Inexorable S4mpfori : Can the tear~ , 1 From thofe fair eyes, not move thy deafnecl taYJ j · 0 can tbrJfe drops, that triclde frDm thofe eyes Vpon thy nalegd bofome, not [~trpri'{e / Thy neighb'ring heart,tmdforce it to obey l ·= , 0 can thy heart not melt, mwell as the1 ~ _ ~Thou little thinlz'ft thy poor affliOed wife , .. Importune! thee, and wooeJ thee for herlift i l Her [uit's aJ great a R.tddle to thine ear~, .As thine, to hers; 0, thefe diftillih~ ttar1 .Are filent pleaderi, and her moiflned breath Wo~tldfain redeem her from the gates ofde11th i .. !!fay not her tears prevail? Alas, thyflrife \Is hMt for wagers ; Hers, poor foMl,for lifo9 ) '
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