By water and by fire am I now held
In double torment.
PRIEST
Helpless utterly.
GHOST
When to the pillar of the burning house
CHORUS
I reach my hands, and do attempt to cling
At once the column bursts out into flame—
The blazing pillar must I then embrace.
Oh, scorching heat! Oh, unendurable!
The whole five members of my body turned
Into black smoke by this fierce burning fire.
GHOST
And then when I arose—
CHORUS