NEBULA TO MAN 
Now has the mist, from constant loss of heat, 
Less vague and tenuous grown. Contractions great 
Have changed its aspect. In the central part 
Particles close drawn have formed a heart : 20 
And in outlying regions, here and there, 
Some cores, less big, of clustered haze appear. 
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Still from the mass the fervent heat outflows, 
And on and on the condensation goes, 
As slowly all the rallying cores enlist 25 
More portions of the still free floating mist. 
Whilst in their vast electrical contents 
Are being evolved the chemic elements. 
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Now loom with large proportions in the maze 
The various cores of close collected haze. 30 
But far supreme a central nucleus rides, 
With monster shares attracted to its sides. 
And there it glows a giant on the scene, 
King of the mist, with fierce and sun-like mien. 
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More change of form the cloudy mass displays, 35 
As rallying points the more collect the haze. 
And outlying cores now move in space more clear, 
And seem as though left free to wander there : 
