by Dinah Maria Craik, née Mulock (1826 - 1887)
The mill
Language: English
Winding and grinding Round goes the mill: Winding and grinding Should never stand still. Ask not if neighbor Grind-great or small: Spare not your labor, Grind your wheat all. Winding and grinding round goes the mill: Winding and grinding should never stand still. Winding and grinding Work through the day, Grief never minding -- Grind it away! What though tears dropping Rust as they fall? Have no wheel stopping -- Work comforts all. Winding and grinding round goes the mill: Winding and grinding should never stand still.
Authorship:
- by Dinah Maria Craik, née Mulock (1826 - 1887), "The mill", subtitle: "For an Irish tune", appears in Poems, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, first published 1867 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "The mill", 1886. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-09
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Word count: 85