"Soon, mon ami," soothed the dark-eyed wraith, "these teasing dreams will cease!
One plays all day, one leaps the stars, one seeks the Golden Fleece!"
Still the new boy turned his white young face from the Land of the Great Release.—
"But I was killed two hours ago, while they signed the terms of peace."
SEA GHOSTS
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN: CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
We met the Flying Dutchman,
By midnight he came,
His hull was all of hell fire,
His sails were all aflame;
Fire on the main-top,
Fire on the bow,
Fire on the gun-deck,
Fire down below.
Four-and-twenty dead men,
Those were the crew,
The devil on the bowsprit,
Fiddled as she flew,
We gave her the broadside,
Right in the dip,
Just like a candle,
Went out the ship.
THE PHANTOM SHIP: HENRY W. LONGFELLOW