HOME HELPS.
SPRING CLEANING. (By an American Poet.) Yes, cle m >our house and clean your shed, And clean your barn in every pait; Hut brush the cobwebs from your head, And sweep the snowbanks from your heart. Yes, when spring cleaning <omes around, Bring forth the duster and the broom ; But rake your fogy notions down, And sweep your dusty soul of gloom. Sweep old ideas with the dust, And dress your soul in newer Mffti; S< ra|M‘ from your mind its worn-out crust, And dump it in the rubbish pile. Sweep out the hates that burn and smart. Bring in new love, serene and pure. Around the hearthstone of thv heart Place modern styles of furniture. Clean out the brain’s deep rubbish hole, Soak every cranny, great and small, And in the front room of the .soul Hang prettier pictures of the wall. Scrub up the windows of the mind. Clean up. and let the Spring begin; Swing open wide the dusty blind And let the Springtime sunshine in. i Plant flowers in the soul’s front yard, Set out new shade and blossom trees. And let the soul, once frozen hard, Sprout crocuses of new ideas. Yes, clean your house, and * lean your shed, And clean vour barn in every part; But brush the cobwebs from vour head. And sweep the snow b.inks from vour heart. —The Alliance Record
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 270, 18 December 1917, Page 10
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231HOME HELPS. White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 270, 18 December 1917, Page 10
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