Clinging together, and—what was the rest?

A body that spread itself on my breast.

Two arms that shielded my dizzy head,

Two lips that hard on my lips were prest;

Then came thunder in my ears,

As over us surged the sea of steers,

Blows that beat blood into my eyes,

And when I could rise—

Lasca was dead!

I gouged out a grave a few feet deep,