As with a Fury’s burden brims,

And will not own the lyre.

I fear, I fear: the bold-faced Hope

Hath left my heart all drear;

And my thought, not idly tossed within,

Feels evil creeping near.

For the heart hath scent of things to come

And prophesies by fear;

And yet I pray, may all conspire

To prove my boding heart a liar,