@3W@1HAT do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship which will cross the sea, We plant the mast to carry the sails, We plant the planks to withstand the gales -- The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee, -- We plant the ship when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, We plant the studding, the lath, the doors, The beams and siding, all parts that be, We plant the house when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? A thousand things that we daily see. We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, We plant the staff for our country's flag, We plant the shade from the hot sun free; We plant all these when we plant the tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 3. THE WANDERING ONE by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS SONG, FR. ARTAXERXES (OPERA) by THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by EDWIN ARNOLD POLLY BE-EN UPZIDES WI' TOM by WILLIAM BARNES THE YEARS TO BE by WILLIAM ROSE BENET IDYLL 6. CLEODAMUS AND MYRSON by BION A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 19 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |