These evils I deserve, and more* * * * * *Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,Whose ear is ever open, and his eyeGracious to re-admit the suppliant. Samson Agonistes (1671)
O madness to think use of strongest winesAnd strongest drinks our chief support of health,When God with these forbidden made choice to rearHis mighty champion, strong above compare,Whose drink was only from the liquid brook. Samson Agonistes (1671)