LARK
ARMY
ROOK
KITE

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My first was of the pirate breed,
Their irate captain, hot and riled,
To rate his men found vain indeed,
They only ate and smoked, and smiled!

One letter is dropped each time.

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In the doublets puzzle HARE is made into SOUP by the following six links, changing one letter each time, and preserving their order—

HARE, hark, hack, sack, sock, soak, soap, SOUP.