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 The daughter of an Infidel: they knew not That what I was of God; I knew From intimate impulse, and therefore urg'd The Marriage on; that by occasion hence I might begin Israel's Deliverance, The work to which I was divinely call'd; She proving false, the next I took to Wife (O that I never had! fond wish too late.) Was in the Vale of Sorec, Dalila, That specious Monster, my accomplisht snare. I thought it lawful from my former act, And the same end; still watching to oppress Israel's oppressours: of what now I suffer She was not the prime cause, but I my self, Who vanquisht with a peal of words (O weakness!) Gave up my fort of silence to a Woman.
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The Philistine, thy Countries Enemy, Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness: Rh Errata