The Hi.ftory of S A /VI P S 0 N. 'Had I but been fo wife, as to (Ieny, 'Samp[onmight-beg'd,and mift, as "'ell as I : ' ·But 'tis my fortune, ftill to be moft free · ' To thofe, as are the moft referv'd to me : ' Be not ingrateful, Sttmpfon; lf'rny breft . ~were but as fatfe, ;:ts thine is hard, I'd reft ' To tempt thy filence, or to move my fuit : ' Speak then, but fpeak the truth, or elfebemute. To whom fond Sampfon: 'If thyha~ds would rye 'Thefe locks to yonder beam, theywill defcry 'My native weaknefs ,. and thy Sttmpfon then 'Would be, as poor in ftrength,as other men. So faid; her bt'tfie fingers foon obey'd, ' • .His locks being p1atted to the Beam, fhe faid: ~ Sampfon beftir thee; and Jet thy power' appear, 'Sampfon take heed, the Philifline.r are here: With that he quit§ the place ( whereon he lay Fain faft afleep)and bore the Beam'away. Meditat. 21. SE E how the crafty Serpent twifts and winds Into the breaft ofman! what paths heiinds, And crooked by-waies ! with how fweet abait He h~des the\hook of his inveterate hate! What fugar'd words, and ear-delighting Art He ufes, to fuppJant t~e yeelding heart Of poor deceived man, who ftandsand trufis l rpon the broken fl:affof his faJfe lufi:s! He tem}ns, allures, fuggefis, a_nd in conclufion,– Makes man the Pander to his own confufion: The fruit was fair and pleafing to the eyes, · Apr to breed knowledge, and to make them wife ; Mufi: they not tafi:e fo fair a fruit, nor touch ! Y~s, do : 'f\:yill make you gQo~\, and know as much . , . 1\s . '
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