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What does it mean?
Upon what hidden trap have I now stumbled?
One moment Queen, then comes a thunderclap
And I lie humbled!
So surely swings the pendulum of Fate
That maketh joy and sorrow alternate.
Joy and sorrow alternate: Every hour that passeth by
Till tomorrow fickle Fate May ordain you laugh or cry!
So the clock that strikes the time Rings at first a merry chime;
Then, to mock the marriage bell, Tolls a melancholy knell!
Or the melancholy gong Tolls a solitary "***!"
A ***! ***! ***!
Then you hear the joy-bells ring,
Ring-a-ding-a-***-a-***!
So the clock doth indicate Joy and sorrow alternate!
So the clock doth indicate Joy and sorrow alternate!
Joy and sorrow.