From periods ante-Primary he dated, as we know,
And with the greatest interest observed that wondrous show
Of shells and fish, of monstrous newts, of dragons on the wing;
Then chronicled the changes that the rolling ages bring,--
That scientific Zagabog,
That most observant Zagabog;
And he loved everything.
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Some twenty million years passed by and all the Isle went well;
Great palms grew on the mountain-tops; huge ferns adorned the dell;
And everywhere vast reptiles took their Mesozoic ease,
And ate each other frequently, with snap and snarl and sneeze;
But their beloved Zagabog,
Their wise and wakeful Zagabog,
They always tried to please.