NEBULA TO MAN 
Great dinosaurs, like those of earlier days, 
Still haunt Europa's woods and waterways ; 
And hold their own through all these Jura times, 280 
In spite of lands wiped out, and changing climes. 
Still has the mammal life to seek in flight 
Its safety from their glutton appetite. 
Nor are the monsters in the least averse 
To eat each other, when supplies are scarce. 285 
And other breeds of dinosaurs are here 
With great thick tails, that serve their frames to bear 
As up they stand, content with plainer food, 
And ply the leafy giants of the wood. 
And well for them, ill weaponed for their size, 290 
That on their hind-limbs they can lofty rise, 
And mark in time flesh-eating enemies. 
Whilst through Europa's land these monsters range, 
Upon Columbia's scenes are forms as strange. 
Here lumbers Stegosaurus on his fours, 295 
With high-arched back, a king of dinosaurs. 
Big is his bulk, with solid bones secure, 
And great his length, a score of feet and more. 
Upon his back are bony plates implanted, 
That look like rows of tombstones, small and slanted. 300 
These oft may save him, when attacked by foes : 
And clear his way, when through thick woods he goes : 
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