Yet a' is clean.

Allan Ramsay—Gentle Shepherd.

24. A whitewash'd wall, a nicely sanded floor,

A varnish'd clock that clicks behind the door,

A chest contrived a double debt to pay,

A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day;

While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show,

Ranged on the chimney, glisten in a row.

Goldsmith—Deserted Village.

25. How beautiful it stands,