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Excerpt from Tamar, and Other Poems
Samson, having espoused a woman of Timnah, departs to that place with his father and feastful friends to celebrate the nuptials. During the last day of the marriage-feast, the solution of the riddle put forth before by Samson is earnestly sought by the bridal courtiers, who form the chorus, assigned from the Philistine youth. Samson's father, ill-treated by them to force the secret, departs home-ward in anger, accompanied by the friends of his nation. At last the bride, having wrested the secret, reveals it to the chorus; whereupon Samson departs to Ascalon, slays thirty, and carries their garments to Timnah as the wagered forfeit. A messenger, coming in shortly, tells the story of Samson's performance; whereat the chorus bewail their nations loss, and threaten vengeance upon Samson: which concludes the drama.
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