by Samuel Hoffenstein (1890 - 1947)

The dinosaur
Language: English 
The dinosaur and icthyosaur
Are not among the things that are,
Though once the beasts were features.
Oh, how sad it is to contemplate
How nature can eliminate
Unnecessary creatures!

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