MODERN PERIOD 
Wild life to them is not a life that may 200 
In rivalry with man pursue its way ; 
Nor merely life, hunted to be and slain, 
That save in death can yield no use or gain : 
But life that into service must be pressed, 
And made to bend its will to man's behest. 205 
Grand is the secret here by Man obtained, 
Walls has he scaled, and fateful entry gained 
To fruitful fields. And with his clue secured, 
His rapid progress is indeed assured. 
In truth it seems as it were Nature's will 210 
To let him share her rule, for good or ill. 
As mounts the mind to higher life and thought, 
External change in man is slowly wrought. 
And these new men, with grand ambitions proud, 
Unlike the men of old, ape jawed and browed, 215 
Fine featured are. And though the fight, the chase, 
And orgy feast will still retain a place, 
Grazing and farming form their main career : 
And what advance in life does this declare. 
Reclaimed from savage life, in hurdled cotes, 220 
Far from their native wilds, are herds of goats. 
Boars too there are, that now are kept controlled, 
In life wide changed from that of sires of old. 
From old wild oxen herds have creatures been 
Domestic made. And on the farmstead scene, 225 
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