_Stars and Flowers_ (Vol. iv., p. 22.; Vol. vii., pp. 151. 341.
513.).--To the passages quoted from Cowley, Longfellow, Hood, Moir,
and Darwin, may be added the following ingenious application of this
metaphorical language:--
"Alas for life!--but we will on with those
Who have an age beyond their being's day.
Mount with our Newton where Light ever flows;
See him unveil its marvels--and display
The hidden richness of a single ray!
Unfold its latent hues like blossoms shed,
Or flowers of air, outshining flowers of May!
A luminous wreath in rainbow beauty spread,
The noblest Fame could leave round starry Newton's head."
_The Mind, and other Poems_, by Charles Swain, p. 64.