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In Spirals, circles, in and out,
From chaos order settles,
To outer realms the lighter float
Now in the centre, metals.^[1]

And thus are formed the stars and suns
And satellites attending.
Which now bedeck the universe,
Illumination lending.

Scene darkens. Discloses the sky at night with stars and planets brightly shining. Meteors and comets flash across the sky. Mists and clouds—The sun rises.

CHORUS

Hail! mighty Sun! to earth the King of Kings,
Of all the suns the firmament upholds!
About thy throne thy satellites attend.
In solemn grandeur since their fiery birth
Long years ago when all was nebulous.
Thy potent rays have stirred the Elements
To huge and infinite reactions and
To Titan conflicts through long Geologic days.
Thy forces set the earth and air apart
And made the waters take their wonted course;
With verdure clad the inhospitable mass;
Prepared the globe for divers forms of life.

1. See note on Nebular Hypothesis, p. 17.