As ever shipwrecked wretch lone left on desert shore.

XI.

Uprisen, each wondering brow is knit and arched:

A spirit from the dead they deem him first:

To speak he tries; but quivering, pale, and parched,

From lips, as by some powerless dream accursed,

Emotions unintelligible burst;

And long his filmed eye is red and dim;

At length the pity-proffered cup his thirst

Had half assuaged, and nerved his shuddering limb,