WHAT IS IT?
1. There is a plant you often see
In gardens and in fields;
Its stalk is straight, its leaves are long,
And precious [1] fruit it yields.
2. Its fruit, when young, is soft and white,
And closely wrapped in green;
And tassels hang from every ear,
Which children love to glean [2] .
MAIZE PLANT.
3. But when the tassel's dry and brown,
The fruit is ripe and old;
It peeps from out the wrapping dry
Like beads of yellow gold.
4. The fruit, when young, we boil and roast;
When old, we grind it well.
Now think of all the plants you know,
And try its name to tell.
* * *
[1] precious: Valuable.
[2] glean: Gather.
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