FLORAL EMBLEMS. 147 



FLATTERY. 



Venus's Looking-glass. — Campanula Speculum. 



*' Nothing so much intoxicates the brain 

 As flatt'ry's smooth insinuating bane : 

 She on th' unguarded ear employs her art, 

 While vain self-love unlocks the pelding heart ; 

 And reason off submits, when both invade. 

 Without assaulted, and within betray 'd." 



Fenton, 



The brilliant corollas of this little plant 

 have gained it the name of Venus's looking- 

 glass ; and on this account it is made the em- 

 blem of reflection as well as of flattery. 



'' The eye sees not itself, 

 But by reflection from other things/' 



Shakspeare, 



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