AURICULA, Scarlet. AtttYVtC. Avarice, whatever shape it bears, 



Must still be coupled with its cares Gay. 



Primula auricula. 



Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine ? 



Can we dig peace, or wisdom, from the mine ? 



Wisdom to gold prefer ; for 'tis much less 



To make our fortune, than our happiness. . . Young. 



What ever fortune lavishly can pour, 

 The mind annihilates, and asks for more. 

 Wealth is a cheat ; believe not what it says : 

 Like every lord, it promises and pays. 



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The poor are only poor, 

 But what are they who droop amid their store 1 Young. 



Gold hath no lustre of its own, 



It shines by temperate use alone Horace. 



Why lose we life in anxious cares, 



To lay up hoards for future years ? . . . . . Gay. 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON. / with the morning's When T said l would die a bachelor, I did not think 



love have oft made I should I live till I were married Shake. 



Lychnis dioica. sport. 



Love's a mighty lord ; 



And hath so humbled me, as I confess 



There is no woe to his correction, 



Nor, to his service, no such joy on earth ! 



Now, no discourse, except it be of love 

 Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep, 

 Upon the very naked name of love ShaJcs. 



Your beauty was the cause of that effect : 



Your beauty which did haunt me in my sleep. same. 



Your virtues, graced with external gifts, 



Kindle love's settled passion in my heart. . . same. 



Ever till now 

 When men were fond, I smil'd and wonder'd how. same. 



Now 1 am 

 "As true a lover as ever sigh'd on midnight pillow." same. 



Never man sigh'd truer breath same. 



Answer. 



Flora's choice buttons of a russet die, 



Is hope even in the depths of misery. . . . Brown. 



