一个冬天的晚上，九点半，
    冷，疲倦，和交叉和泥泞，
    我回到家，来不及吃饭，
    和晚餐，与雪茄和葡萄酒，
    这项研究是在等待。
    有一个奇异的房间，
    的，而白色和波浪
    我站在附近的黑暗 -
    我把它的地毯，扫帚
    留下的是不小心slavey。
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    ONE winter night, at half-past nine,
    Cold, tired, and cross, and muddy,
    I had come home, too late to dine,
    And supper, with cigars and wine,
    Was waiting in the study.
    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.