The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-31

-. oorv acres Of II ammock meadow,
i ea.' ~ ,yhi,morc wood and weatherby glen,
.'.,,r comes lcaping IN sun and shadow
> s,'st .,nrs old songs 20 my heart aga.n:
~ water ont Of the winding hollow
-, nreaks and falls DER the rocs~ beyond.
:. ~. same my young feet used 20 follow
~ N. Grassy prison In Chapman pond.
-. ~ ,,,.nring sport with . swimmers thrill
= -" 80 .,ecps BY the nume of the gray old mill
:. oid IN the days first remember.
u, building bare with its roof uncouth.
~ ~. afternoons Of blonde September.
~1 wn.,, / fed the sheep ~ the Harrow Tooth,
Made Il mellow and quaint Is an Alpine chalet.
=. ~i.am Of water ana rock and tree.
~,.h 4 charm that lured me into the valley
ri, I hung DER the bridge In Joy tosee
-. !, cam in the race Jay splash and spill
rrom the ''tub-w heel" under the gray old mill.
rx.< nc haunt Of my childish love and wonder
aaa throbbed with the throb OF It's wooden
wall
uAeu heard the great stones wh!rling thua
der
watched the arm Of the gate beam fall;
IA never a rest Of play day pleasure
~, youth or boy 70 y kingdom born
NJ. nj inc 70 ride. In the autumn leisure.
x, ~ Z. red farm. Wagon. with bags Of corn.
rs.t .,opred by the stage road. under the hill,
Ana stood long hours ~ the gray old mill
49,, , he bank the terrapins slid. and simmer
qhr weasel prowled In the brown stone dam.
Ana over the pond in the golden elimmer
the silken milkweed gossamcr swan.
80 a,..ers smirkcd az their own green faces
Nirro-ea below in the mimic lake.
Uhere lazily out Of the shady places
stole the -ed1nned perch and the water
vh,,c The sII!dee ffed thro' his sleepy bill
"a The rnunicd drum OF the gray Old mill
lame and crooked with age and labor
was the miller. but sound and sturdy OF soul
vlta a name that meant 70 every neighbor
faithful grist and an honest toll.
H. danbled. too. IN an art belated.
chl<.ling slabs for the churchyards dead
Ana stormy DAYS when the grinding waited
The chapter line and the chcrub's head
H. Gu, and carved with tinkef's skill
All! by himself In the gray old mill
white haired deacon. patient and pious-
The children loved m-he had no foes.
And we never thought. with the good man by Us
on the sculptor lost in mi.ier's clothes.
mt We felta glowing II words can term II
For The kindly face In a frame 50 GRIM
NJ seemed d seer or q holy hermit.
Ana hi- place and work were part OF him.
And shrine 10 each little pilgrim still
Wa the dusty door Of the gray old mil
Bit over i'sruins ramps the brier.
The cicmai.S climbs. and thi-ties bloom
No more forever will hand lift higher
The ~upken gate in the crumbling fume-
Thro' the dam all shattered and rent asunder
The pond has fed like host afraid.
And the k.lidce pipes not there-and under
one ~ the rude gravestoncs he made
The rriiler az rest by Gods good will
Lee u away from the gray old mill
So listen alone where the brook comes icapin
Tnro the hollow down from weatherby gle
Tothe one live voice OF . past long sleeping
That sings old songs 20 my heart again.
Oh playmaies langh in It's tuneful flowing.
The sheep on Harrow Tooth hillside bleat.
The milestone rings IN the Turnpike MOVING
And ali the melodies fancy-swect
or boy mood dreams that never fulfll
Cone back TO the grave Of the gray old mill
Theron brown, IN Youths companioa