. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Wreckers. Strange sights, indeed, thou must have overlool{^d|With eyes held ever in such vantage stations !Hast seen, perchance, unhappy white folks cookd,And then made free of negro corporations?Poor wretches saved from castaway three-deckers— By sooty wreckers—From hungry waves to have a loss still drearier,To far e.\ceed the utmost aim of Park—And find , alas ! bi-yond the mark,In the iusiihs of Aincas interior ! ODE TO THE CaMELEOPARD. Live on, Giraffe ! genteelest of raff kind !—Admired by noble, and by royal tongues ! May
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Wreckers. Strange sights, indeed, thou must have overlool{^d|With eyes held ever in such vantage stations !Hast seen, perchance, unhappy white folks cookd,And then made free of negro corporations?Poor wretches saved from castaway three-deckers— By sooty wreckers—From hungry waves to have a loss still drearier,To far e.\ceed the utmost aim of Park—And find , alas ! bi-yond the mark,In the iusiihs of Aincas interior ! ODE TO THE CaMELEOPARD. Live on, Giraffe ! genteelest of raff kind !—Admired by noble, and by royal tongues ! May no pernicious wind,Or English fog, blight thy exotic lungs !Live on in happy peace, altho a rarity,Nor envy thy poor cousins more outrageous Parisian popularity,Wliose very leopard-rash is grown contagious,And worn on gloves and ribbons all about— Alas ! theyll wear him out !So thou shalt take thy sweet diurnal feedsWhen he is stuffd with undigested straw,Sad food that never visited his jaw !And staring round him with a brace of beads t 277. Wluie Bait. THE PLEA OF THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES. [Originally Published in 1827.] TO CHARLES LAMB, ESQ. MY Dear Friend,—I thank my literary fortune that I am not re-duced, like many better wits, to barter dedications, for the hopeor promise of patronaj^e, with some nominally great man ; but thatwhere true aflertion points, and honest respect, 1 am free to gratifymy head and heart by a sincere inscription. An intimacy and dear-ness, \N orthy of a much earlier date than our acquaintance can referto, din ct me at once 10 your name ; and with this acknowledgment ofyour ever kind feeling towards me, I desire to record a respect andadmiration for you as a writer, whith no one acquainted with our lite-rature, save Elia himself, will think or misplaced. IfI had not these better reasons to govern me, I should be guided to thesaine selection by your intense yet critical relish for the works of , and for
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