Kilkenny.
_Stars and Flowers_ (Vol. iv., p. 22.; Vol. vii., p. 151. 341.).--Passages
illustrative of this similitude have been quoted from Cowley, Longfellow,
Hood, and Moir. The metaphor is also made use of by Darwin, in his _Loves
of the Plants_:
"Roll on, ye stars! exult in youthful prime,
Mark with bright curves the printless steps of time;
_Flowers of the sky!_ ye, too, to age must yield,
Frail as your silken sisters of the field."