On rusty hinges swung the door

That open'd to the gloomy wall;

The broken chairs looked dull and dark,

Undusted was the mantel-piece,

And deeply-speck'd with spots of grease

Within the chamber of the clerk.

He only said "I'm very weary

With living in this ditch;"

He said, "I am confounded dreary,

I would that I were rich."