NEBULA TO MAN 
Great other conjoined columns southward move, 175 
And o'er the northlands of Germania rove. 
But as to southward more their ways they press, 
They slowly fail in weight and solidness, 
And meet the fate their brother glaciers found, 
As down they worked to Albion's southern ground. 180 
But though the northern sheet is brought to bay, 
Intact it still preserves its widened sway. 
All northern land, from Erin's western coast 
On to Europa's limits easternmost, 
Lies underneath its weight : though here and there 185 
Some lonely peaks, with wan lost looks, appear. 
But not alone this weight of ice and snow 
Does now Europa's once fair landscape know. 
From chains of Alps, with untold snow supplied, 
Gigantic glaciers, ever swelling, glide. 190 
Far from their highland homes these now have passed, 
Bearing their arduous ways, with backs crevassed 
By lower sheets of ice that fail to move 
In equal freedom with the sheets above. 
And on they drive, as through the vales they toil, 195 
Vast heaps of stone, and fertile valley soil ; 
And with their gathered weapons wear and scar 
The rocky beds on which they trudge afar. 
Well peppered are their backs with rock and stone, 
That angry hill-gods from the heights have thrown. 200 
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