A shovel of his ashes took <br />From the hearth's obscurest nook, <br />Muttering mysteries as she went. <br />Helen and Henry knew that Granny <br />Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any, <br />And so they followed hard- <br />But Helen clung to her brother's arm, <br />And her own spasm made her shake.<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fragment-of-a-ghost-story/