And the grain upon the floor.

One turns the crank, one stoops to feed

The hopper, lest it lack,

One in the bushel scoops the seed,

One stands to hold the sack.

We watched the good grain rattle down,

And the awns fly in the draught;

To see us both so pensive grown

The honest labourers laughed:

Merry they were, because the wheat