Charles Lamb - Lines Addressed To Lieut. R.W.H. Hardy, R.N.

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ON THE PERUSAL OF HIS VOLUME OF TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO. 'Tis pleasant, lolling in our elbow-chair, Secure at home, to read descriptions rare Of venturous traveller in savage climes; His hair-breadth 'scapes, toil, hunger-and sometimes The merrier passages that, like a foil To set off perils past, sweetened that toil, And took the edge from danger; and I look With such fear-mingled pleasure through thy book, Adventurous Hardy! Thou a diver art, But of no common form; and, for thy part Of the adventure, hast brought home to the nation Pearls of discovery-jewels of observation. Enfield, January, 1830. Charles Lamb poemhunter.com/poem/lines-addressed-to-lieut-r-w-h-hardy-r-n/