In the room where they danced on the evening before
The water was slushing above the hall door.
It had followed them there as they moved up above,
Persistently followed—they felt the house move!
Their hearts then stood still, and the “Oracle” said,
“Let us pray;” so the dancers knelt down while he prayed,
As only a helpless, dependent one can.
He ended his prayer in the way he began—
“Lord help us and save us! We asked for no crown,
But we do want the house till the flood should go down.”