Than of thine own tribe fairer, or as fair,

At least of thy own nation, and as noble.

Samson. The first I saw at Timna, and she pleased

Me, not my parents, that I sought to wed 220

The daughter of an infidel. They knew not

That what I motioned was of God; I knew

From intimate impulse, and therefore urged

The marriage on, that, by occasion hence,

I might begin Israel's deliverance— 225

The work to which I was divinely called.