The H1jlory of SA MP S0 N. 357 ' .Againft thy Glory 'tis theit Malice lies; . · ·'They aim 'cl at that, when they put out thefe eys : '-Alas, their blood-bedab,l 'd hands would fty · 'On thee, wert thou but cloath'd in ftefh,as I: · ~ ' Revenge thy wrongs, great God ; 0 let.thy hand ' Redeem thy fuffring honour, and this Land: · 'Lend me thy power; renew my wafiedfirength, '_That I may fight thy battels; and at length, ' Refcue thy gloty : that my hands may do ·'That faithful fervice they were botn unto: -'Lend me thy power, that I may reftore 'Thy Iofs, and I will never urge thee more. Thus having ended , both his arms he laid Upou the Pillars of the Piall, and faid '; 'Thus with the Pbilijfines I refigne my breath r ' 'An,jlet my God find Glory in my death,·· , ; , ·.< And havi-ng fpoke, his yeehling bodyfirain'd ··r•t- f~fi Upon thofe Marble pillars, that fuftain'd . ._., ·,_ · · The pondrous Roof; they crackt,and, with their fall; . Down fell the Battlements, an,d Roof, and all ; And with their ruines fiaught!fr'd at a -blow 1'he ...whole Afiembly; they that were below, Receiv'd their fudden deaths from thofe'thEt fell From cffthe top; whiHlnone was left to tell The horrid fhrieks that fill'd the fpacious Halt, Whofe ruiqes were impartial, and flew all: They fell,and with an unexptted blow, · Gave everyone his death, and burial too. · . Thus dy'd our Samp[on, whofe brave.death has wol'l · More honour, than his honourd life had done : Thus dy'dour Conquerour; whofe lateft breath Was crown~d with conquefi ; triumph' d over death: Thus dy'd our Sampfan, whofe Iaft drop ofbloocf Redeem'd Heav'ns glory, and his Kindoms good: · Thus dy'd Heav'ns Champion, and the Earths bright The heavenly fubjetl: of this facredStory: Glory; ' Aa 3 And · ' .
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