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EN j^ou xOere a tadpole 
 and I idas dfish^ 
 In the Valeozoic time 
 And side hy side on the 
 ehhinP tide 
 H/e spraipled tkrouSi 
 the ooze and sUme, 
 r skittered rOitk manjl 
 
 a caudal flip 
 Throu^hthe depths of 
 ike Cumhrian fen^ 
 
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'mDlESSiVe lived and 
 
 mindkjy rPe hVed, 
 
 And mindless at last 
 
 lOe died'. 
 
 -r^AAnd deep in a, rih 
 
 the Caradoc drift 
 5-/ ^e slumbered side 
 ^ bfside. 
 
 The rOorld turned on in 
 die lathe of time^ 
 T7i^ hot lands heaVed 
 amain^ 
 rOe caught our breath 
 from me rOomh of death 
 J(nd crept into li^ht 
 a^ain. 
 
rOere Amphibians, scaled 
 
 and tailed^ 
 JKjtd drab as a. dead 
 
 mans hand--, 
 'e coiled at ease heatk 
 the dripping trees 
 I Or trailed through 
 
 the mud and sandj 
 Croaking and blind, rOith 
 \ our three-cLvfOed feet, 
 vJritin^ a lan^ua^e 
 dumb, 
 With neVer a spark in 
 the emptp dark 
 To hint otalifetD come. 
 
gT hapj!n; vOe lived, and 
 hayvij xOe loved, 
 JKnd nap0 rVe died 
 ^ once more-, 
 Ourlvrms were nulled in 
 the din^in^ mould 
 Of a ^eocomian fhoe. 
 iriie aeons came and the 
 aeons fled. 
 And ike sleep that 
 
 ^^oifj Was riven arVaf in. a. 
 vW^mT.-j nexoer dap, 
 
 ^m^^ decdiiO^past. 
 

 ]i^ 8f srOijt through 
 
 ^^ ^^^ tiie jungle trees 
 
 %>i&i^ ^e srOun^ in cur airf 
 
 ^^}^:'|pV breathed in the halm 
 wyMr% o/thefrmiedmlmr 
 I [ly^j^I*^ ^ ^^ of the 
 iM0l^ mconUxf nights. 
 Y^^And oh! TOhat heauUful 
 ^^^ \j7£m:r xoere ikese, 
 
 when our hearts dung 
 ,, each to each., 
 
 ^.. i^hen hfe rOas filed and 
 ,!3f .i >,,^ 1 our senses thrilled 
 ^ ' In the Jirst faint darOn 
 
^HUS life hp lije and hOe 
 % bp love 
 
 u)^ passed tkrou^k ^ 
 circle strange, 
 lAnl hreath bp breathy and 
 
 death trp death, 
 ^X ^efoUovOed the chain 
 ^ of change. 
 
 \ll mere came a time in 
 ^larOoflife 
 when cfVer the nursing 
 \ sod 
 
 The shadcrar broke^ and 
 the soul arOoke 
 In a stran^e^ dim, dream 
 of Gjod. 
 
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 M}AS therOed like an 
 ' jKurock bull, 
 
 JKnd- tusked like the 
 ^eat CaVe Bear; 
 JKnafou, mp jWeet, /fvm 
 head to feet, J 
 were ^ovPned in four 
 , , I glorious hair. 
 mDeep' in the ^loom of a 
 ' ' fiYelefs caOe, ' r 
 ^hen the night jell 
 oev the vlain 
 %JKnd the moon hundred 
 oer the rvOer bed., 
 vOe mumhled the 
 hones of the slain. 
 
VlAKEDafUnttocL 
 cutting ed^e 
 .And shaved it rCitk 
 brutish craft; 
 I broke a shank jram 
 the rOoodhind dank 
 And fitted it, head and 
 haft. 
 Then I hid me close to 
 the reedf tam^ 
 vOhere the ^Mammoth 
 came to drink-. 
 Through hrarOn Sf bone 
 I draVe the stone^ 
 Aind slevO him upon 
 the brinks. 
 
OUD I hojvled through 
 the moonlit Wastes, 
 ^ I Jj Ijoud ansrOered our 
 ;;:, kith and kin; 
 
 I Fr&m rOeft and east to 
 
 I the crimson feast, 
 
 I ; The clan came troop- 
 
 llllfll in^in. 
 
 I -O'er joint and gristle and 
 
 padded hoof, 
 ^e fought, and clarOed 
 - ■:., anatore^ 
 
 ^mZAnd cheek hp javol rCHth 
 manj) a ^rorvl^ 
 \Q^ talked the marVel 
 oW. 
 

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 CARX?ED thutf^kton 
 a reindeer hone, 
 with rude Si hairi} 
 hand', r 
 I pictured hifjall on the 
 caOem tOall 
 That men mi^kt under- 
 Jtznd. 
 For rOe lived bphlood, and 
 ike ri^ht ofmi^ht. 
 Ere human lavOs rOere 
 drarOn, 
 .And the Age of Sin did 
 not begin 
 Till our brutal tusks 
 rOere gone. 
 
vJND that xOas a million 
 i)ears ago. 
 In a time mat no man 
 __ ^ knmOs; 
 l^^r^^ A^r^ to-night^ in the 
 mellotO light 
 yJesit at Dehfwmcos; 
 \furefefaredeepasihe 
 UeVan springs, 
 Kour hair if as darh 
 as jet. 
 '\ourfearr ayefevO.Vour 
 Lije if nerO^ 
 your soul untried^ 
 andjpet 
 
UR trail is on the Kimr 
 
 merid^e clap, 
 And ike scarp oj me 
 ,„,,,r - V Vurheck fia^s, 
 
 /#ui> 1 in t/i^ Ba^shotstvmr 
 \^&/}f Ani deep in the Caroline 
 
 A^i Our loVe is old, ourlife 
 WJ . is old, ^ 
 
 jKnd death shall come 
 amain; 
 3, k) i\Shoidd it come toidc^y 
 lJv'w\v.M Whatman map sap 
 We shall not liVe 
 a^ain/? 
 
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 OD ^ouSit mr souls ffcmi 
 ==> theuemadoc heJs 
 ^And hirnished ikem 
 rOin^S toflp; 
 He soxDdl ourspavOn in 
 die jOorlds dim daiOn 
 J^nl I knorO that it 
 shall not die, 
 Though cities haOe sprung 
 ''^ aboVe ike ^vaVes 
 ^here the croak-honed 
 men made xDar, 
 ^And die ox-vOain creaks 
 ''' oer the buried caVes 
 where the mummied 
 mammoths are. 
 
^HEN as vOe linger at 
 '0lii luncheon here, 
 
 \<J er manjj a daintp 
 disk, ^ 
 
 et us drink anevO to ihe 
 
 time jOhenfou 
 "^Oere a Tadpole and 
 I yOas a Yish. 
 
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