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2.
FORMS, qualities, lives,
humanity, language, thoughts,
The ones known, and the ones unknown — the ones on the stars,
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped,
Wonders as of those countries — the soil, trees, cities, inhabitants, whatever they may be,
Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless combinations and effects;
Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere, stand provided for in a handful of space, which I extend my arm and half enclose with my hand;
That contains the start of each and all — the virtue, the germs of all.
The ones known, and the ones unknown — the ones on the stars,
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped,
Wonders as of those countries — the soil, trees, cities, inhabitants, whatever they may be,
Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless combinations and effects;
Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere, stand provided for in a handful of space, which I extend my arm and half enclose with my hand;
That contains the start of each and all — the virtue, the germs of all.
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