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THE GHOST PIRATES

"Strange as the glimmer of the ghastly light That shines from some vast crest of wave at night."

William Hope Hodgson

1909

To Mary Whalley

"Olden memories that shine against death's night—
Quiet stars of sweet enchantments,
That are seen In Life's lost distances…"

The World of Dreams

Author's Preface