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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
FALSE RICHES. 
S u n-flowek.— Reliant has. 
“ Uplift, proud sun-flower, to thy favorite orb 
That disk whereon his brightness loves to dwell; 
And as thou seem’st his radiance to absorb. 
Proclaim thyself the garden’s sentinel.” 
Barton. 
The sun-flower is made the emblem of false 
riches, because gold of itself, however abund¬ 
ant, cannot render a person rich who is poor 
in spirit. 
“ Let a broad stream, with golden sands 
Through all his meadows roll; 
He’s but a wretch with all his lands. 
That wears a narrow soul.” 
Watts. 
