Here you will find the Poem Lines Addressed To Lieut. R.W.H. Hardy, R.N. of poet Charles Lamb
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.
