94 FLOBAL EMBLEMS. 



COMPLAISANCE. 



Common Reed. — Arundo phragmites. 

 '' Mincius, with wreaths of reeds his forehead cover'd o'er." 



This grass of the rivers, which bends so rea- 

 dily with the current, is made the type of a 

 pliant disposition : 



" Phant and warm may still her heart remain. 

 Soft to the print, but ne'er turn hard again." 



A dried reed is symbolical of a shrill scold- 

 ing voice. 



'* I'll speak between the change of man and boy 

 With a reed voice." 



Shakspeare. 



