110 Was carried with more speed before the wind;

And in our sight they three were taken up

By fishermen of Corinth, as we thought.

At length, [another] ship had seized on us;

And, knowing whom it was their hap to save,

115 Gave [healthful] welcome to their shipwreck’d guests;

And would have reft the fishers of their prey,

Had not their [bark] been very slow of sail;

And therefore homeward did they bend their course.

Thus have you heard me sever’d from my bliss;