86 LEXICON OF 
Signification . . . Beautiful Flower. 
Emblem Hibiscus. 
Sentiment Beauty is vain. 
Beauty blooms like the fragile flower, 
Opens at morn, fades in an hour ; 
Delicate tints and graceful form, 
Shield it not from blast or storm. 
Health will fail, and disease and pain, 
Teach the fair, that “ Beauty is vain,” 
Chilling winds with poisonous breath 
Blow, and the form lies low in death. 
Then let our hearts such beauty prize. 
As best shall fit us for the skies ; 
There where unfading flowers grow, 
No blasting winds will ever blow. 
