And the same note rings o’er all earth’s cries,

For a kindly action never dies!

Keep sweet!

Guard your feet!

And you need not touch the mud of the street!’

Said the Broom to the Mat:

‘In the yard I’ve lived most all my life,

And with dust and dirt I’m aye at strife;

So I know ’tis true the tale you tell,

For have I not also learned it well?