· ~j, The ·Hiftory of SA MP s.o N. ~ Th~ build~ng feU, before the houfe did lhak~. " Loves fire was quencht, ere it began to flake; ~ All9n a fudden were your joyes diffcis'd ; ~ Forfook your Bride, and went away difplcas'd; fyou left my child to the opprobrious tongues f Ofopencenfure,-whofemalicious wrongs ! (Maligning her fair m~rits ) did defame ' Her wounded honour, and unblcmifht nam~; : I ~bought thy love, which was fo firong ofl~;c, · .Had ona fudden, turn'd to perfelt hate;- •·At length, when as your longer abfence did ~Confirm my thoughts, and time had quite forbid • Our hopes t' expelt a re.accefs oflove , , ~Thinking, fom~ new affeltion did remove (fmothc~ f. Your h(art ; and that fom~, fecond cqoic~ might · The firfh I matcht your Bride unto anoth~r i f Ifwe have done amifs, the fault muft b~ ~Imputed yours, and not to her, nor m~ : 'But if your ~afie lofs may b~ re~~em'~ " • With her fair Sifler, (who, you know's eftcem'<\ f Morebe~utifui?than fhe, and younger too ) f She lbaU be firmly jon'd by nuptial vow, . 'Afld, by a prefent contralt fhall become :f Tay faithful 'Spoufe, in her loft Sifiers room ! With that poor Samp[on, like a man ~ntranc'~ : _/+nd new1yW'lkened,thus his voice aavanc 'd ' Prefumptu0\1$ Philiftine ! that dofi proceed • FJom the bafe J6ins '.ofthat accurfed feed, · f Branded for flaughter, andmark~d 'out far death ~ And utter ruine this my threatning breath • Shall bl.lll thy Nati9n ; this revenging hand ~ShaH crufh thy c~rcaf5, and thy curfedland · ~ c Il'~ give thy ffefli to Ravens; ·and rave,noh£,Swin~ f Shall t~ke that rank,arid tainted blood of tkine f,f'Qr Wafhand fwiii, tO quench their eager thirfil! . , .'- Whi~q they~~~ f¥-~k,a~d guz~~ tiH ~hey burft i, 1,~ . . " . . e ' ~ .. ,.
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