To lose my little household gods,

My wear, my gear, and fishing-rods,

All, all my sacred ends and odds,

That cost at least of pounds a score,—

All to go at one fell swoop,

With tearful eyes I glanced them o’er,

And sadly murmur’d,—“Nevermore.”

6.

Yes, it was the sheriffs man;

Like all his ugly kith and clan—