THE HAUNTED ROOM

Its casements, diamond-disked with glass,

Look down upon a terrace old,

Where urns, unkempt with ragged grass,

Foam o'er with hoary cold.

The snow rounds out each stair of stone;

The frozen fount is hooped with pearl;

Down desolate walks, like phantoms blown,

Thin, powdery snow-wreaths whirl.