NEBULA TO MAN 
To mount the hunter as he hawking goes ; 
To chase the fox, and troll in circus shows ; 
And harnessed be, alert at Man's command, 480 
Or on the road, or on the furrowed land. 
Ready in war, and toil, and sport, and play, 
As Man appoints, to listen and obey. 
But here, wild hearts, no bit is yours to fret, 
Nor toil to know : your master tarries yet. 485 
Hippopotami now breathe Europa's air, 
Coming at least to spend their summers here. 
Gone seem the dinothers to their long home, 
But on the scene have elephants now come. 
And in their ranks some bulky forms we see, 490 
Forerunners of the mammoths, soon to be. 
Some mastodons still here their ways pursue, 
Though yielding is this " old school " to the new. 
Rhinoceroses here and there still roam, 
Though some, perchance, as visitors but come. 495 
Antelope seem now unable to retain 
Their old hold here ; but though this branch may wane, 
More hopeful does the outlook seem to be 
For other branches of the family. 
Goats now are here, unseen in earlier days ; 500 
And oxen here, then too unseen, now graze. 
Musk-oxen also wander on the scene, 
(Creatures that seem connecting links between 
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