← My head was turned perforce away And I saw a boat appear. 🔊
← The skiff-boat neared: I heard them talk, 'Why, this is strange, I trow! 🔊
← The boat came closer to the ship, But I nor spake nor stirred; 🔊
← The boat came close beneath the ship, And straight a sound was heard. 🔊
← But swift as dreams, myself I found Within the Pilot's boat. 🔊
← Upon the whirl, where sank the ship, The boat spun round and round; 🔊
← The Hermit stepped forth from the boat, And scarcely he could stand. 🔊