T’was in the night Da Vinci dreams Man can fly or so it seems Columbus, Cabot off our shore Our great auk is seen no more Time goes by and brothers Wright The silver dart and man’s first flight Passenger pigeons – once filled the skies No mate is found – old Martha dies Lucky…

From the ancient mist of time Comes this story – comes this rhyme On that fifth and wondrous day God’s great whales came to stay 100 million years – before the time of man The giant whale – in the ocean swam Long before the dinosaur – long before the land Long before most creatures…