FLORAL EMBLEMS. 241 



POPULAR FAVOUR. 



CISTUS, OR ROCK ROSE. Cistus. 



" Admire we then, 

 Or popularity, or stars, or strings, 

 The mob's applause, or the gifts of kings?" 



In floral language, this transient flower is 

 made the emblem of popular favour, since the 

 duration of the one cannot be relied on more 

 than the continuation of the other. Dryden 

 says, " A popular man is, in truth, no better 

 than a prostitute to common fame and to the 

 people." 



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