EPOCH OF GREAT RE-GLACIATION 
And not in Albion is the sheet extending ; 
But in Helvetia mountain snows are sending 
Big conjoined glacier columns, far and wide, 
And vales and plains are all re-occupied. 25 
Thus though about Europa ice has gained 
Great hold once more ; yet has it not attained 
To empire such as that that once was there, 
Nor is it destined now such sway to bear. 
But life from many a scene has been expelled 30 
A varied life, that in its number held 
Primeval man. And of retreat denied 
Much, caught as in a trap, has helpless died. 
Still much has fled, and thrives secure afar 
On lands of Asia now, and Africa. 35 
Yet land there is about Europa's scene 
Away to south, where, though the frosts be keen, 
Can well clad hardy life, to cold inured, 
Of ample means of living be assured. 
Musk-oxen, bears, and reindeer now can find 40 
Congenial clime, in places long resigned 
By life less hale ; and moss and other plants 
Here thrive again, as on old northern haunts. 
Here too the mammoth, in his hairy hide, 
If cold should prove no greater can abide. 45 
So here rhinoceroses, " woolly " dressed, 
May for a time their further flight arrest. 
'95 
