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Saffron Flower. 
A meiicinal plant, having orange-colored flowers. 
EXCESS IS DANGEROUS. 
With two spurs or one, and no great matter which ; 
Boots bought or boots borrowed, a whip or a. switch, 
Five shillings or less for the hire of his beast, 
| Paid part into hand ;— you must wait for the rest. 
Thus equipped, Academicus climbs up his horse, 
And out they both sally for better or worse ; 
His heart void of fear, and as light as a feather, 
And in violent haste to go, not knowing whither ; 
Through the fields and the towns, (see !) he scampers 
alone, 
Andis looked at, and laughed at, by old and by 
young, 
Till at length overspent, and his sides smeared with 
blood, 
Down tumbles his horse, man and all, in the mud, 
In a wagon or chaise, shall he finish his route ? 
Oh! scandalous fate! he must do it on foot. 
Young gentlemen, hear! Jam older than you! 
The advice that I give I have proved to be true: 
Wherever your journey may be, never doubt it, 
The faster you ride, you re the longer about it. 
Wm. CowPER. 























