Wished he didn't have to be a star.
—St. Nicholas, March, 1890.
WHY THE STARS TWINKLE.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
When Eve had led her lord away,
And Cain had killed his brother,
The stars and flowers,—the poets say,—
Agreed with one another
To cheat the cunning tempter's art
And show the world its duty,