[6]. else: otherwhile, at other times.
[9]. draught: appositive to 'air.'
[11]. day-spring: the dawn.
[12]. With this line Samson's soliloquy begins, the attendant having withdrawn.
[13]. Dagon: god of the Philistines; represented in the 'Paradise Lost' (i. 462, 463) as a 'sea-monster, upward man, and downward fish.' See 1 Sam. v. 1-9.
[16]. popular: of the people.
[19-21]. Restless thoughts, that rush thronging upon me found alone.
[24]. Twice by an Angel: see Judges xiii.
[27]. charioting, etc.: withdrawing as in a chariot his godlike presence.
[28]. and from: and (as) from.