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。 === 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.