COME on! the day's work's done; Wash up, and off we go! Say, wait a bit, don't run; No need to hurry so! Boats, subways, trolleys, trains, There's lots of them, you know -- But what about those stains? Wash up before you go! Get rid of labor's grime; Wash up before you go! Soap, and a little time, Make hands as white as snow. Come, make the soapsuds foam! Remember what you owe To those who wait at home. Wash up before you go! Hands, face -- aye! heart and mind, Wash up before you go! Leave business cares behind; In soapsuds let them flow! That frown, that ugly scowl, Don't take that with you! No, Leave that upon the tow'l -- Wash up before you go! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOUGH OF NONSENSE by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 8. BRENNBAUM by EZRA POUND SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 30 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET: 30 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE SISTERS by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS THE BURIED LIFE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE FIRST FIRE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |