Draws hitherward; I know him by his stride,

The giant Harapha of Gath, his look

Haughty, as is his pile high-built and proud.

Comes he in peace? what wind hath blown him hither 1070

I less conjecture than when first I saw

The sumptuous Dalila floating this way:

His habit carries peace, his brow defiance.

Samson. Or peace or not, alike to me he comes.

Chorus. His fraught we soon shall know: he now arrives. 1075

Harapha. I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance,