The Witching Hour

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The clock strikes Once.

The mists sift and slide (As the clock strikes Twice).

Demons crawl from where they hide, And the clock strikes Thrice.

Hell's own hounds, (As the fourth chime sounds,) And the dead come to life (As the clock strikes Five) Sup the devil's own mix (And the clock strikes Six).

A creeping malevolence (As the clock strikes Seven) Invades and pervades (As the clock strikes Eight).

And as the clock strikes Nine, The beasts begin to dine, And as the clock strikes Ten, The screams begin again.

The eleventh hour sounds, And the baying of the hounds Looses dark power, And the clock strikes

The witching hour...

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