’Tis dangerous now to put about,
Yet they cannot be saved without.”
“Nought but their safety will suffice!
They must be saved!” the captain cries.
“By every thought that’s just and right,
By lips I hoped to kiss to-night,
I’ll peril vessel, life, and men,
And God will not forsake us then.”
With anxious faces, one and all,
Each man responded to the call;