1 Quit from that danger, forth their course they kept,
Quit > Rescued, released
2 And as they went, they heard a rueful cry 3 Of one that wailed and pitifully wept, 4 That through the sea the resounding plaints did fly:
That through > [So that from one side to the other of] plaints > lamentations
5 At last they in an island did espy
in > [on]
6 A seemly maiden, sitting by the shore,
seemly > fair, pleasing
7 That with great sorrow and sad agony
agony > mental anguish