Age
The mill wheel delves in the water; The miller’s arms wither to dough.
Two lines are all it takes to show a man growing old. The mill wheel dips into the water, turning and working as it always has, and the miller's arms, which once did the heavy labor, are shrinking and going soft "to dough." The image is neat and a little unsettling: dough is what flour becomes, and…
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