Her blushing het[54] her chamber; she look'd out,

And all the air she purpled round about;

And after it a foul black day befell,

Which ever since a red morn doth foretell,

And still renews our woes for Hero's woe;

And foul it prov'd because it figur'd so180

The next night's horror; which prepare to hear;

I fail, if it profane your daintiest ear.

Then, ho,[55] most strangely-intellectual fire,

That, proper to my soul, hast power t' inspire