Up—up[466] to the air, and brought her safe to the untouched deck.
We’d a moment of life together,—a moment of life, the time,
For one last word to each other,—’twas a moment supreme, sublime.
From the trance we’d for death mistaken, the heat had brought her to life,
And I was fettered and helpless, so we lay there,[467] husband and wife!
It was but a moment, but ages seemed to have passed away,
When a shout came over the water,[468] and I looked, and lo, there lay,
Right away from the vessel,[469] a boat that was standing by;
They had seen our forms on the vessel, as the flames lit up the sky.
I shouted a prayer to Heaven,[470] then called to my wife,[471] and she