Samson agonistes : a dramatic poem
dc.contributor | Raben, Joseph Queen's College The City U of New York |
dc.contributor.author | Milton, John, 1608-1674 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T15:55:02Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T15:55:02Z |
dc.date.created | 1671 |
dc.identifier | ota:0101 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0101 |
dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 134 KB) |
dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Poems -- England -- 17th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tragedies -- England -- 17th century |
dc.title | Samson agonistes : a dramatic poem |
dc.type | Text |
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branding | Oxford Text Archive |
files.size | 138151 |
files.count | 1 |
otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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*Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem Samson9 A little onward lend thy guiding hand 1 To these dark steps8 a little further on& 2 For yonder bank hath choice of Sun or shade8 3 There I am wont to sit8 when any chance 4 Relieves me from my task of servile toil8 05 Daily in the common Prison else enjoin3d me8 6 Where I a Prisoner chain3d8 scarce freely draw 7 The air imrpison3d also8 close and damp8 8 Unwholesome draught5 but here I feel amends8 9 The breath of Heav3n fresh blowing8 pure and sweet8 10 With day-spring born& here leave me to respire9 11 This day a solemn Feast the people hold 12 To Dagon their Sea-Idol8 a . . .