Water Wheels

Beyond the great unknown that lay Before the whisp'ring evening chill From out this blackness someone hums a lonely hymn that lulls the hills and lulls the hills and lulls them still This soul oft stayed up late at night To write and hum of love and zeal As moonlight filters through the leaves and rivers turn the water wheels and turns the wheels and turns them still But Azrael brought to a halt The squeaking of his busy quill and ink that splattered on the floor Shall summon bells to toll and peal to toll and peal and toll on still For out beyond the great unknown Before the nights that froze and chill A soul departs to hum the hymn His song of love beyond the hills beyond the hills and yonder still And he shall write of love no more His quill and paper on the floor For love has long since gone before and life from him forevermore forevermore forever still As prone he lay upon the floor all cold and stiff and colder still As rivers turn the waterwheels and turns the wheels and turns them still