136 LEXICON OF 
Signification . . Foretelling. 
Emblem Oleander. 
Sentiment .... Beware ! shun the coming evil. 
Of the flatterer, my friend, 
I would bid thee beware ; 
For beneath a sunny smile 
May be a fatal snare. 
Tender and winning words, 
May lure from truth away, — 
Then beware of the flatterer's tongue, 
It charms but to betray ! 
There 's much that is deceptive 
In this bright world of ours ; 
For oft the treacherous thorn 
Is hid amid the flowers. 
And though thy path seem flowery, 
’And all around thee fair, — 
Kemember, e'en in Eden 
Was laid a fatal snare. 
