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Samson Agonistes
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In Ramath-lechi famous to this day:
Then by main force pull'd up, and on his shoulders bore
The Gates of Azza, Post, and massie Bar
Up to the Hill by Hebron, seat of Giants old,
No journey of a Sabbath day, and loaded so;150
Like whom the Gentiles feign to bear up Heav'n.
Which shall I first bewail,
Thy Bondage or lost Sight,
Prison within Prison
Inseparably dark?
Thou art become (O worst imprisonment!)
The Dungeon of thy self; thy Soul
(Which Men enjoying sight oft without cause complain[errata 1])
Imprison'd now indeed,
In real darkness of the body dwells,160
Shut up from outward light
To incorporate with gloomy night;
For inward light alas
Puts forth no visual beam.
K
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Errata
