Seeley Swan High School - Snow Country Yearbook (Seeley Lake, MT)

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GOOD TIMBER The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, That stood out on the open plain, And always got its share of rain; Never became a forest king- But lived and died a scrubby thing. That man who never had to toil; Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air. Never became a manly man. But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow in ease; The stronger wind, the tougher trees; The father sky, the greater length; The more the store, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snows, In tree or man--good timber grows. Where thickest stands the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both; And they hold converse with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds, and much of strife-- This is the common law of life. Published by the Office Practice Class and Students of Seeley-Swan High School Seeley Lake, Montana