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&emsp;&emsp;O have you heard Geology sung?

&emsp;&emsp;For if you've not, 'tis on my tongue,

&emsp;&emsp;About the earth in air that's hung

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;All full of the strangest fossils.

&mdash;Granite and limestone, chalk and marls

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;Big conglomerates all in snarls,

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;Layers of rocks, in knots and gnarls,

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;All full of the strangest fossils.

&emsp;&emsp;All through the earth some metals are found

&emsp;&emsp;Sometimes they come above the ground,

&emsp;&emsp;With rocks in blocks and balls so round,

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;And thousands of queer little fossils.

&emsp;&emsp;Springs of water, hot and cold,

&emsp;&emsp;Veins of copper, grains of gold,

&emsp;&emsp;Finest sand and richest mold,

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;And thousands of queer little fossils.

&emsp;&emsp;Our lights and fires, our victuals and drink,

&emsp;&emsp;All come from the earth with many a clink.

&emsp;&emsp;Oil, coal and salt thus make us think,

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;And thousands of queer little fossils.

&emsp;&emsp;Hideous reptiles, too, appear

&emsp;&emsp;With names and forms both very queer,

&emsp;&emsp;To tell them all would take a year.

&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;These wonderful bouncing fossils.