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My grandfather's clock |
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Was too large for the shelf, |
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So it stood ninety years on the floor; |
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It was taller by half |
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Than the old man himself, |
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Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. |
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It was bought on the morn |
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Of the day that he was born, |
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And was always his treasure and pride; |
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But it stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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Ninety years without slumbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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His life seconds numbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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It stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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In watching its pendulum |
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Swing to and fro, |
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Many hours had he spent while a boy; |
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And in childhood and manhood |
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The clock seemed to know, |
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And to share both his grief and his joy. |
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For it struck twenty-four |
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When he entered at the door, |
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With a blooming and beautiful bride; |
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But it stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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Ninety years without slumbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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His life seconds numbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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It stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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My grandfather said |
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That of those he could hire, |
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Not a servant so faithful he found; |
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For it wasted no time, |
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And had but one desire, |
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At the close of each week to be wound. |
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And it kept in its place, |
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Not a frown upon its face, |
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And its hand never hung by its side. |
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But it stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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Ninety years without slumbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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His life seconds numbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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It stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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It rang an alarm |
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In the dead of the night, |
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An alarm that for years had been dumb; |
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And we knew that his spirit |
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Was pluming for flight, |
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That his hour of departure had come. |
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Still the clock kept the time, |
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With a soft and muffled chime, |
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As we silently stood by his side. |
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But it stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |
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Ninety years without slumbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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His life seconds numbering, |
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Tick, tock, tick, tock, |
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It stopped short |
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Never to go again, |
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When the old man died. |