NEBULA TO MAN 
Here too the Tillodontia named we find, 
Rodents, hoofed forms, and carnivores combined. 250 
Here too are beasts that seem as 'twere to pause 
Hoofed animals between and carnivores. 
And other beasts, Phenacodons, appear 
Made up of bull-dogs, tapirs, cats, and deer ; 
Points too of pigs and horses do they bear. 255 
Numerous are the birds : woodpeckers sound 
The barky trunks : and Gannet forms abound. 
Some eagle-owls are living in the woods, 
And birds, large as the Ostrich, wade the floods. 
Where Alps to-day and Himalayas rear 260 
Their lofty heads scarce any lands appear. 
But limy beds by Rhizopods long made 
Are now with coin-like shells thick overlaid. 
For Nummulites named, to Rhizopods allied, 
Had like their brethren slow formed as they died 265 
Thick beds of lime : and now Earth's shifting forces 
Will thrust these layers on wondrous upward courses. 
Already see we breaking through the sea 
Alps and Himalayas in their infancy : 
Though on their brows small sign as yet appears 270 
Of those proud looks that one day will be theirs. 
And other baby hills are forcing through 
Their little breasts, about the waters blue. 
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