BUTTERCUPS AND FERNS. lOI 



Smile if ye will, but some heart-strings 

 Are closest linked to simplest things; 

 And these wild flowers will hold mine fast, 

 Till love, and life, and all be past. 

 And then the only wish I have 



Is, that the one who raises 

 The turf-sod o'er me plant my grave 



With buttercups and daisies. 



Eliza Cook. 



