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POETRY:

Cling steady to this plank—don't lose your grit.
 * Mary. Niels, will they all he saved?
 * Niels.Be sure of it.

They can't be drowned.
 * Anna.For everything's in sight.
 * Mary. And we could almost touch the houses there.

See how the steamer sank upon her side, Like a huge beast!
 * Anna.Listen—a baby cried!
 * Niels. Don't turn. Don't listen. Don't look anywhere.
 * Mary. The human fish—see how they haul them in!

The slimy fish. Oh, this is awful, Niels!
 * Anna. They're everywhere! How cold the water feels!
 * Niels. Keep up your nerve—be the brave girls you've been.
 * Mary. Soon we'll be safe. Nothing can harm us here,

With all those little windows looking on. I feel your courage, Niels—my fear has gone.
 * Niels. Steady there, steady! Now the dock is near.
 * Anna. O Niels, I wish I had your arms around me!

It came, it came! I didn't mean to tell. Mary, you never dreamed We kept it well. Niels thought we mustn't speak it out. He bound me
 * Niels. Hush, hush!
 * Anna.He bound me not to say a word,

Not to let others guess it in my face.