An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton / Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty.

by John Milton

Temptation found'st, or over-potent charms,

To violate the sacred trust of silence

Deposited within thee—which to have kept

Tacit, was in thy power; true; and thou bear'st 430

Enough, and more, the burden of that fault;

Bitterly hast thou paid, and still art paying,

That rigid score. A worse thing yet remains:

This day the Philistines a popular feast

Here celebrate in Gaza, and proclaim 435

Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,