Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

Argumento de Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

There was a strangeness in the room,
And Something white and wavy
Was standing near me in the gloom --
I took it for the carpet-broom
Left by that careless slavey.

But presently the Thing began
To shiver and to sneeze:
On which I said "Come, come, my man!
That's a most inconsiderate plan.
Less noise there, if you please!"

"I've caught a cold," the Thing replies,
"Out there upon the landing."
I turned to look in some surprise,
And there, before my very eyes,
A little Ghost was standing!0