NEBULA TO MAN 
Some Water-bucks and Black-bucks here are seen ; 275 
And forms to Hartebeasts and Bontebocks akin, 
And Nilgais are in view. Yet times will come 
When antelope but few these scenes will roam. 
And in Europa none will find a place, 
But Afric will befriend their wandering race. 280 
But though in time this life must, as it were, 
Draw in its horns, Europa through and here, 
Yet far and wide will thrive in times to be 
New forms offshooting in the family. 
For though the antelope were first to rise, 285 
Yet did their vague mixed stock much else comprise. 
The goat, the ox, and sheep were latent there, 
As in one stock lurked civet, dog, and bear. 
Great has the course of evolution been, 
Judged by the creatures here on India's scene. 290 
Goats, bison, oxen, early buffaloes, 
And pristine sheep, that browse her lands, disclose 
That long indeed must Nature, screened from sight, 
Have toiled, by steps and shiftings infinite, 
To bring such finished forms as these to light. 295 
Horses of latest fashion here are found 
About the plains : whilst here and there around, 
As old-time houses in a modern street, 
Forms still remain, of structure obsolete. 
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