RICHES. 
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BUTTERCUP-KINGCUP. 
Ranunculus acris. 
Language — RICHES. 
To purchase heaven has gold the power ? 
Can gold remove the mortal hour ? 
In life can love be bought with gold ? 
Are friendship’s pleasures to be sold ? 
No ; all that’s worth a wish, a thought, 
Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought: 
Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind; 
Let nobler views engage thy mind. 
Dr. Johnson. 
Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, 
Or, what is worse, be left by it ? 
Why dost thou load thyself, when thou’rt to fly, 
0 man, ordained to die ? 
Cowley. 
To catch Dame Fortune’s golden smile, 
Assiduous wait upon her, 
And gather gear by every wile 
That’s justified by honor. 
Not for to hide it in a hedge, 
Not for a train attendant; 
But for the glorious privilege 
Of being independent. 
Burns. 
