Diedst?” but Phœbus promised: “None lost at sea,

And all to disembark in Italy?”

“The Oracle spoke truth;” the Pilot said:

“Clinging to the helm, the fourth morn I made

Italy; the while, by the Seas I swear,

I feared not for myself; my only care

Was for thy ship, its steersman lost, and helm,

A prey for waves and gales to overwhelm.

But I landed, began to climb the cliff,

When brute shore-men taking me, soaked and stiff,