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 is the heart, the head of heaven. Bold be the plan, fiery the execution.

And both the mighty Lumina by no Maleficus affronted. Lo! Saturnus, Innocuous, powerless, in cadente Domo.

The empire of Saturnus is gone by: Lord of the secret birth of things is he; Within the lap of earth, and in the depths Of the imagination dominates; And his are all things that eschew the light. The time is o'er of brooding and contrivance; For Jupiter, the lustrous, lordeth now, And the dark work, complete of preparation, He draws by force into the realm of light. Now must we hasten on to action, ere The scheme, and most auspicious positure Parts o'er my head, and takes once more its flight; For the heavens journey still, and sojourn not. There's some one knocking there. See who it is.

Open, and let me in.

Aye—'tis Tertsky. What is there of such urgence? We are busy.

Lay all aside at present, I entreat you. It suffers no delaying. WALLENSTEIN.