Whose flame the boastful wind so rudely fann'd,

That oft it would recoil, and basely scorch

The tender covert of her sheltering hand;

Which yet, for Love's dear sake, disdain'd retire,

And, like a glorying martyr, braved the fire.

CXXIII.

For that was love's own sign and beacon guide

Across the Hellespont's wide weary space,

Wherein he nightly struggled with the tide:—

Look what a red it forges on her face,