NEBULA TO MAN 
Nor can Europa even apes command, 530 
For they and monkeys all have left her land. 
And Lion, Horse, Bear, Elephant, and Deer 
Are now the five great powers dwelling there. 
In life about Columbia's wide expanse 
Appears no change of great significance ; 535 
But now and then about her northern land ; 
The arctic king has shown his shivering hand. 
Not here is the rhinoceros now seen, 
Though here had he in old times often been. 
Perchance the somewhat dunder-headed brute 540 
Found life conditions growing too acute ; 
And went to seek some easier land than this, 
Where ponderous small-brained life might live in bliss. 
Maybe he has in continental wastes, 
South of the line, found quarters to his tastes. 545 
There may he see some mastodons astray, 
And horses also there may cross his way. 
There too a curious creature will he find 
Horse, Camel, and Giraffe in one combined. 
But as of old ant-eaters still appear, 
With sloths and armadillos magnates there. 
Indeed that group so prosperous has grown, 
That special favour must it long have known. 
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