His pa's romance / James Whitcomb Riley [electronic text]

A SIMPLE RECIPE

To be a wholly worthy man, As you, my boy, would like to be, — This is to show you how you can —This simple recipe:—

Be honest —both in word and act, Be strictly truthful through and through' Fact cannot fail. —You stick to fact, And fact will! stick to you. Be clean — outside and in, and sweep Both hearth and heart and hold them bright; Wear snowy linen—aye, and keep Your conscience snowy-white.

Do right, your utmost —good must come To you who do your level best — Your very'hopes will! help you some, And work will! do the rest.