I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.

In a manner of speaking all the scientific discoveries and inventions of the past are being brought to bear in the attempt to save her life. The Last Voyage begins at night in mid-Atlantic where an ocean liner "a great ship like a lighted city" is battling through a raging storm.

Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 1880 – 25 June 1958) was an English poet best known for his ballads "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ".