NEBULA TO MAN 
That leap like kangaroos. Indeed howe'er 
Hard pressed marsupial life may be elsewhere, 
Here in its island haunts well does it fare. 580 
Athough Britannia as of old still stands 
With Erin one, and one with Francia's lands, 
Uplifts and sinkings, through the land and sea, 
Have slowly brought old Earth's geography 
To outline nearer that to-day we see. 585 
Though at much higher levels seem to stretch 
The northern lands than what to-day they reach. 
Yet has the re-arrangement, slowly fraught, 
Not altogether unmixed blessings brought. 
Already from our windows, as it were, 590 
We see storm fiends gathering in the air. 
Ah ! Life, oft smitten through the days of yore, 
More times of terror are for thee in store. 
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