DRAGON PLANT. 
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in the earth, was naturally adopted as the symbol of the 
productive power of waters, upon which the active spirit of 
the creator operated, in giving life and vegetation to matter 
DRAGON PLANT. 
Oh! wander not where dragon Arum showers 
Her baleful dews, and twines her purple flowers, 
Lest round thy neck she throw her snaring arms, 
Sap thy life’s blood, and riot on thy charms. 
Her shining berry, as the ruby bright, 
Might please thy taste, and tempt thy eager sight: 
Trust not this specious veil; beneath its guise, 
In honey’d streams, a fatal poison lies. 
MRS. F. A. ROWDEN. 
The above lines were penned to caution children against 
the dangers of this beautiful vegetable production. But as 
children of a full growth are frequently entangled, we shall 
caution them in the words of Dryden, who says, 
The spreading snare for all mankind is laid, 
And lovers all betray, or are betray’d. 
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