Over the low roofs and jagged chimney-stacks of the houses rose the black masts of ships. Wreaths of white mist clung like ghostly sails to the yards.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 16. This description evokes a sense of the Gothic cityscape of East End London, as Dorian’s cab driver stops suddenly at the top of a dark lane close to the opium den.