Thomas Hardy — Whos In The Next Room?

   "Who's in the next room?—who?         I seemed to see Somebody in the dawning passing through,         Unknown to me." "Nay: you saw nought. He passed invisibly."    "Who's in the next room?—who?         I seem to hear Somebody muttering firm in a language new         That chills the ear." "No: you catch not his tongue who has entered there."    "Who's in the next room?—who?         I seem to feel His breath like a clammy draught, as if it drew         From the Polar Wheel." "No: none who breathes at all does the door conceal."    "Who's in the next room?—who?         A figure wan With a message to one in there of something due?         Shall I know him anon?" "Yea he; and he brought such; and you'll know him anon."