122 LEXICON OF 
Signification .. Prudent. 
Emblem. Service Tree. 
Sentiment .... Prudence. 
“ Her reason all her passions sway; 
Easy in company, in private gay; 
Coy to a fop, to the deserving free, 
Still constant to herself, and just to me. 
A soul she has for great actions fit, 
Prudence and wisdom to direct her wit; 
Courage to look bold danger in the face, 
No fear but only to be proud or base. 
Quick to advise, by emergence prest, 
To take good counsel or to take the best. 
The expression of her thoughts are such, 
She does not seem reserved, nor talk too much. 
That shows a want of judgment and of sense, 
More than enough is but impertinence. 
Her conduct regular, her mirth refined, 
Civil to strangers, to her neighbors kind. 
Averse to vanity, revenge, and pride, 
To all the methods of deceit untry’d; 
So faithful to her friends, and good to all. 
No censure upon her actions fall.” 
Written in 1699. Pomfret. 
