New Century Speaker and Writer: Being a Standard Work on Composition and Oratory

by Henry Davenport Northrop

We plant the ships that will cross the sea

We plant the mast to carry the sails,

We plant the plank to withstand the gales,

The keel, the keelson, the 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, the siding, all parts that be,