NEBULA TO MAN 
" Trumpeters " and " Flute-mouths " increase the throng ; 
Globe fishes, blown as bladders, float along, 300 
Bristling with spines erect, perchance alarmed, 
As comes a " Surgeon " with his lancets armed. 
" Star-gazers " sluggish lie with upcast eyes ; 
Small fry their stars, and waters wide their skies. 
The Fishing Frog here lurks with rod-like spine, 305 
Tipped with a lappet, gleaming through the brine ; 
And many a fish, deluded, drawing near 
Will down the angler's jaws quick disappear. 
The box-like " Coffer " too is on the scene, 
And kindred File-fish, in his roughened skin. 310 
Bass, blennies, turbot, perch, electric rays, 
Cod, hake, and dories here pursue their ways ; 
And congers search the rocks in sandy bays. 
Thus has new life, in haunts below the waves, 
Sprung Phoenix-like to us from ancient graves. 3 1 5 
New mammals now upon Europa roam, 
Though still in " questionable shape " they come. 
But general forms the special must precede, 
And slow must high from lower life be freed. 
All Nature's works, alike through land and sea, 320 
Are monuments of patient industry. 
All, all is growth : not all at once from haze 
Were planets formed, and sent upon their ways. 
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