T'he Hiflory ~{ S A MP S 0 N. wants he no pleafure that his wanton eye . Can crave, or hope from fortune ? He muft dte. • Lives he in Honour ? hath his fair defcrt · Obtain'd the fteedome ofhis Princes heart? Or mayhis more familar hands disburfe' . His liberal favours from the Royal purfe ! Alas, his Honour cannot foar tOO high For pale-fac'd Death to follow : He muft die. Lives he a Conquer9:ur ? And doth Heaven blefs His heart with fpirit; thatfpirit with fuccefs; SJiccefs, with Glory; Glory, with a name, To live with the Eternity of Fame ? . The progrefs ofhis lafting fame may vie With time; But yet the Gonquerour muft die. Great, and good God : Thou Lord-oflife and death; In whom the Creature hath his being, breath ; Teach me to under-prize this ljfe, and I Shall find my lofs the eafier wheri I die ; So raife my feeble thou~hts, and dull defire, . That w~en th.cfe vain andwe~ry days e?tpire, I may dtfcard my ftefh with joy, and qutt My better part of this falfe earth ; and it Of fome .mor.e fin, an.df~ this.tranfitory And tedtous Uf~; enjoy a Jife..ofGlory. ...
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