72 LEXICON OF 
Signification . . Fidelity. 
Emblem. Wall Flower. 
Sentiment .... Fidelity in misfortune. 
’T is not in prosperity’s dazzling light, 
That we can know false friends from true 
But in a dark and cloudy night 
We find the faithful ones but few. 
Those few! how precious is their love! 
How welcome all their quiet aid! 
How sweet to us ’tis then to prove, 
That friendship’s flowers will never fade. 
The tender heart, the ready hand, 
Will do our bidding like our own ; 
And only wait the eye’s command, 
Without one word, or e’en one tone. 
How blest such friendship none can know. 
Who have not been by sorrow tried; 
Through darkest storms of deepest woe. 
Such friends with us the blasts abide. 
And when the hour of death shall come, 
Steadfast they ’ll watoh around our bed; 
And when we’ve passed beyond the bourne. 
They ’ll long lament the spirit fled. 
