Who came at stated moments to invite all
The captives back to their sad berths; each threw
A rueful glance upon the waves, (which bright all
From the blue skies derived a double blue,
Dancing all free and happy in the sun,)
And then went down the hatchway one by one.
XCI.
They heard next day—that in the Dardanelles,
Waiting for his Sublimity's firman,[256]
The most imperative of sovereign spells,