What wealth can give ?

Wealth can give you the fattest cushion

          And the softest, if you please,

But not a peaceful dreamless sleep,

          A sound slumber of ease

The choicest works of the best authors,

          You may get with your pelf

But the wealth of the world can’t make you be

          A good author yourself

Your flourishing firms may will be equipped

          With herds of brainy men

But where’s the wealth can make of you

          A man of capable brain?

Wealth might buy you the service of doctors

          And drugs conducive to health

 But health itself you never can buy        

          In return for all your wealth.

 You may have at table a sumptuous feast

          With many a flavored dish

But where’s the can create in you

          The appetite to relish!

Wealth can give you a thousand of friends,

          Not one to give his life.

It can procure for you a hundred bed mates

          Never a true loving wife!

Sure with wealth you can provide for self

          A life of endless leisure

But where’s the wealth can buy the bliss

          Of rest after tiring labor!

When all is said and done, you find

          That how soever you may try,

Never can wealth give all want

          There are many, money can’t buy!