Original Poetry.
EVOLUTION.
In ancient times there lived an ape, With massive limbs, of uncouth shape ; His fists were large, and when distrest, He beat them wildly on his chest. But now, indeed, hath come a change— No more do apes the forest range; At last one of their race began Developing into a man ! Dear reader, in these lines you see Your once far-famed ancestry ; But, mind you, I believe the tale Of such old grandads—“like a whale.” Gumsuoker. Dunedin, September 26.
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Evening Star, Issue 4251, 11 October 1876, Page 4
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83Original Poetry. Evening Star, Issue 4251, 11 October 1876, Page 4
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