Marco Polo or Columbus might have envied him the scene;
And in prose he has described it, in a language understanded
Of the people, and has printed it in Blackwood's Magazine.
The scenery was beautiful, so lovely that it dazed him;
He thought their manners charming, and he rather liked their rain.
He did not find them savages, which seems to have amazed him;
And he tells us all to visit them again and yet again.
We thank you for the hints you give describing what you've seen there,
It really is amazing; but——(a whisper in your ear)
You're not the first discoverer, for some of us have been there,