My mother was proud that she knew the second verse. Not many people know it. ====== In watching its pendulum swing to and fro he had spent many hours as a boy. In his childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know and to share in his grief and his joy. For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door with a blooming and beautiful bride. But it stopped short - never to go again - when the old man died. ===== When you're playing the part about the blooming and beautiful bride, you should make your music very fancy and lovely. I consider the third verse smug and tedious, so I don't do it.
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