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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DARWIN, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS
First Line: There was an ape in the days that were earlier
Last Line: Then he was a man and a positivist.
Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer
Subject(s): Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Evolution
First Line: There was an ape in the days that were earlier
Last Line: Then he was a man and a positivist.
Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer
Subject(s): Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Evolution
THERE was an ape in the days that were earlier;
Centuries passed, and his hair grew curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist,
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.
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