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by Unknown

I turn the mill with answering glee,

As the merry spokes go round,

And the gray rock takes the echo up,

Rejoicing in the sound.

“The old man bathes his scattered locks,

And drops me a silent tear—

For he sees a wrinkled, careworn face

Look up from the waters clear.

Then I sing in his ear the very song

He heard in years gone by;