Silence. A while ago
    Shrieks went up piercingly;
But now is the ship gone down;
    Good ship, well manned, was she.
There ’s a raft that ’s a chance of life for one,
    This day upon the sea.

A chance for one of two—
    Young, strong, are he and he,
Just in the manhood prime,
    The comelier, verily,
For...