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till no_t_ hig_h_ e_n_ough to reach his dea_r_ home,
o t_h_e nau_g_h_t_y sta_r_, s_o_r_r_owi_n_g, fad_e_d a_n_d d_i_ed.
ma_l_l _s_tars in the future s_h_ould no_t_ try to roam;
u_s_pen_d_ed above, th_e__y_ s_h_ould be _s_atisfied.
The letters replacing stars are italics, and they will be found to make
the following names:
PROLOGUE.--First line, _e_ _a_ _e_ _r_ _g_ _i_; this, transposed, will
give the word Egeria, a primary planet. Second line, _a_ _r_ _t_ _h_ _e_
_r_ _e_ _n_ _i_ _e_ makes Irene and Earth, two planets. Third line, _n_
_u_ _a_ _o_ _n_ _t_ _l_ _i_, Lunation, applied to a movement of the
moon. Fourth line, _e_ _a_ _s_ _s_ _d_ _p_ _i_, Apsides, also relating
to movements of the moon.
FIRST VERSE.--First line, _n_ _u_ _n_ _a_ _l_ _a_ _r_ gives Annular,
when the sun is totally obscured except a bright ring around a dark body
in the centre (Mattison's _Primary Astronomy_, p. 118). Second, third,
and fourth lines, _c_ _e_ _a_ _r_ _y_ _h_ _e_ _s_ _g_ _k_ _e_ _m_ _a_
_r_ _n_ _s_ _c_ _e_ _e_, Ceres, Hygea, and Mars, planets; and Encke, an
astronomer who discovered an apparently oval comet (Mattison, p. 143).
SECOND VERSE.--First line, _m_ _b_ _r_ _u_ _a_ gives Umbra, a part of
the moon. Second line, _t_ _t_ _a_ _o_ _l_, Total, one form of eclipse.
Third and fourth lines, _o_ _e_ _e_ _m_ _r_ _o_ _e_ _g_ _i_ _a_ _r_ _l_
_l_, Galileo, who invented the telescope, and Roemer, a distinguished
foreign astronomer.
THIRD VERSE.--First line, _a_ _l_ _e_ _d_ _e_ _p_ _i_ _s_, Pleiades, a
cluster of stars. Second line, _l_ _l_ _s_ _e_ _a_ _l_ _s_, Lassell, who
discovered a satellite of Neptune (Mattison, p. 130). Third and fourth
lines, _m_ _r_ _a_ _d_ _i_ _b_ _r_ _s_ _t_ _v_ _i_ _o_ _r_ _e_ _s_ _a_
_l_ _l_ _o_ _e_ _s_, Variable, a term applied to stars which move in
unexpected directions; Lord Ross, a titled astronomer; and Metis, a
planet.
FOURTH VERSE.--First line, _t_ _h_ _n_ _o_ _r_, Thorn, Prussia, the
birth-place of Copernicus (Mattison, p. 10). Second and third lines, _h_
_g_ _t_ _r_ _o_ _r_ _n_ _e_ _n_ _i_ _l_ _s_ _h_ _t_, Northern Lights.
Fourth line, _s_ _d_ _e_ _y_ _h_ _a_, Hyades, a cluster of stars.
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