IOLÄUS

 BY THE SAME AUTHOR

A SON OF CAIN: POEMS. Cr. 8vo. 3/6 net.

IN THE WAKE OF THE PHŒNIX: POEMS. F'cap. 8vo. 3/6 net.

IOLÄUS:

THE MAN THAT WAS A GHOST

BY

JAMES A. MACKERETH

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA

1913

TO THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND ARTHUR RANSOM 

HAIL AND FAREWELL

To A.R.

We range the ringing slopes of life; but you

Scale the last summit, high in lonelier air,

Whose dizzy pinnacle each soul must dare

For valedictions born and ventures new.

From dust to spirit climb, O brave and true!

Strong in the wisdom that is more than prayer;

High o'er the mists of pain and of despair,

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