Ere I looked back quite so often, One notion had got me hoping, Ere I looked back quite so often, One notion had got me hoping,

This poem is about evolution and how far we have come since then This poem is about evolution and how far we have come since then

For centuries people have played with me, Or vice versa is true maybe, For centuries people have played with me, Or vice versa is true maybe,

My eyes were red, For days and years, My eyes were red, For days and years,

He was unmoved by her proposal. He was unmoved by her proposal.