Haveyou heard of this question the Doctors among,Whether all living things from a Monad have sprung?This has lately been said, and it now shall be sung,Which nobody can deny.Not one or two ages sufficed for the feat,It required a few millions the change to complete;But now the thing’s done, and it looks rather neat,Which nobody can deny.The original Monad, our great-great-grandsire,To little or nothing at first did aspire;But at last to have offspring it took a desire,Which nobody can deny.This Monad becoming a father or mother,By budding or bursting, produced such another;And shortly there followed a sister or brother,Which nobody can deny.But Monad no longer designates them wellThey’re a cluster of molecules now, or a cell;But which of the two, Doctors only can tell,Which nobody can deny.These beings, increasing, grew buoyant with life,And each to itself was both husband and wife;And at first, strange to say, the two lived without strife,Which nobody can deny.But such crowding together soon troublesome grew,And they thought a division of labour would do;So their sexual system was parted in two,Which nobody can deny.
Haveyou heard of this question the Doctors among,Whether all living things from a Monad have sprung?This has lately been said, and it now shall be sung,Which nobody can deny.Not one or two ages sufficed for the feat,It required a few millions the change to complete;But now the thing’s done, and it looks rather neat,Which nobody can deny.The original Monad, our great-great-grandsire,To little or nothing at first did aspire;But at last to have offspring it took a desire,Which nobody can deny.This Monad becoming a father or mother,By budding or bursting, produced such another;And shortly there followed a sister or brother,Which nobody can deny.But Monad no longer designates them wellThey’re a cluster of molecules now, or a cell;But which of the two, Doctors only can tell,Which nobody can deny.These beings, increasing, grew buoyant with life,And each to itself was both husband and wife;And at first, strange to say, the two lived without strife,Which nobody can deny.But such crowding together soon troublesome grew,And they thought a division of labour would do;So their sexual system was parted in two,Which nobody can deny.
Haveyou heard of this question the Doctors among,Whether all living things from a Monad have sprung?This has lately been said, and it now shall be sung,Which nobody can deny.
Not one or two ages sufficed for the feat,It required a few millions the change to complete;But now the thing’s done, and it looks rather neat,Which nobody can deny.
The original Monad, our great-great-grandsire,To little or nothing at first did aspire;But at last to have offspring it took a desire,Which nobody can deny.
This Monad becoming a father or mother,By budding or bursting, produced such another;And shortly there followed a sister or brother,Which nobody can deny.
But Monad no longer designates them wellThey’re a cluster of molecules now, or a cell;But which of the two, Doctors only can tell,Which nobody can deny.
These beings, increasing, grew buoyant with life,And each to itself was both husband and wife;And at first, strange to say, the two lived without strife,Which nobody can deny.
But such crowding together soon troublesome grew,And they thought a division of labour would do;So their sexual system was parted in two,Which nobody can deny.
The Origin of Species, by means of Natural Selection.ByCharles Darwin, M.A. 1859.
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society.A Poem. ByErasmus Darwin, M.D. 1803.