“I looked like a ghost.
And I should know. I’ve seen a few.”
Lilith Saintcrow (1976) American writer
Source: Betrayals
“Oh! moral of enjoyment! — scattered, crushed : —
The pale checks of the few that staid, like ghosts
Haunting the footsteps of departing mirth,
While the bright pictures over them looked down
Almost in mockery.”
(17th July 1824) Poetic Sketches - 5th Series. Sketch the First. - Fidelity
The London Literary Gazette, 1824
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