NEBULA TO MAN 
As monarchs truly 'mid the life on land 
Must move such members of the reptile band ; 
Skull, tooth, and gait and shape alike possessing, 
That mark them e'en o'er reptile borders pressing. 
And here lies Life as does a watershed, 75 
Whence many streams their various courses thread. 
But these, however wide they take their flight, 
In the wide sea will once again unite ; 
Whilst streams, once fairly launched in Life's domain, 
Go divers ways, and never join again : 80 
But split and split, and on new channels start, 
Whose several waters flow for aye apart : 
And whilst to humble lines are some decreed, 
Others find ways that on to Fortune lead. 
