When the clock on twelve is heard.
V
"Three times around it pass,
With never a sound;
Each time a wisp of grass
And myrtle pluck; then pass
Out of the ghostly ground.
VI
"And the bridegroom that's to be,
At smiling wait,
When the clock on twelve is heard.
V
"Three times around it pass,
With never a sound;
Each time a wisp of grass
And myrtle pluck; then pass
Out of the ghostly ground.
VI
"And the bridegroom that's to be,
At smiling wait,