Have passed through kindred perils and despairs."

He ceased; and silence, trembling, 'twixt them hung;

Till Marna, gazing yet across the sea,

Rent it with words: "Where may I find this peace?"

And Oswald answered: "In an inland dale

The Sisters of the Cross await your coming,

With ever-open gate. Within seven days,

My brethren from the mainland will put out,

Bringing me food; on their return with them

You may embark. Till then, this barren rock