Read Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869). by: Lewis Carroll: 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.. - Lewis Carroll file in ePub Online

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. But presently the Thing began To shiver and