Engineers in the Graveyard

We can't recall his name
We should hold it dear
Here lie the crumbling bones
Of a Railway Engineer.

Shame on us forgetting 
He helped our nation steer
A simple direct digging man
Was the Canal Engineer.

Bleach clothes or clean the drains
No need to live in fear
The bugs and bacteria cleansed 
By a Chemical Engineer.

Tall buildings and bridges
Spanning valley, road or mere
Do duty for a hundred years
Let's praise the Structural Engineer.

Steel, mining, plastics, planes
Ships, milk, bread and beer
We only have the life we do
Because of an Engineer.

So cast the bronze or plaster
Write the plaque out clear
"Beneath this monument lies
A Very Worthy Engineer".