The Stepwise Palace - a FSVO sequence
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Figure D26 TYCHO’S STAR

Ascending now, the Northern heavens view:
In Cassiopeia, a star burns bright,
Unknown to living memory. A new
Addition to the stellar sphere, that might
Admit no change: Elizabethan night
Disfigured by a NOVA. What foretold
The Queen’s astrologer? A fearful sight,
Surpassing any alchemist of old,
The carbon of a star transmuted into gold.