Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
Keep clean, be read more

Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch,
Till the white-wing'd reapers come.

God loveth the clean.

God loveth the clean.

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!

If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!

For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due
reverence to God, to society, and to read more

For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due
reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves.

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God
reward him. If I do grow great, read more

I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God
reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge,
and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.

Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next
to godliness."

Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next
to godliness."

All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]

All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are
more deadly in the long run.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are
more deadly in the long run.