136 LEXICON OF 
Signification . . Foretelling. 
Emblem. Oleander. 
Sentiment .... Beware ! shun the ooming 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 hut to betray! 
There’s much that is deceptive 
In this bright world of ours ; 
For oft the treach’rous thorn 
Is hid amid the flowers. 
And though thy path seem flowery. 
And all around thee fair,— 
Remember, e’en in Eden 
Was laid a fatal snare. 
