Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
Samuel Rogers to Thomas Moore, 24 June 1847
‘My dear Moore,—There is a small house in a dark and narrow corner of
London (Memory Hall, as it was once called by a reckless wight who has played
many a freak there and now sleeps in Harrow Churchyard) where
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you will be most welcome. So pray come and make it your
home and stay there as long as you can.
‘To-morrow I leave it for three or four days, but I
shall be there again on Tuesday the 29th of June, and pray come as soon as you
can. Whether I am returned or not, you will be cordially and hospitably
entertained. If somebody else comes with
you, I shall be delighted. Pray persuade her.
‘Yours ever,
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Irish poet and biographer, author of the
Irish Melodies (1807-34),
The Fudge Family in Paris (1818), and
Lalla
Rookh (1817); he was Byron's close friend and designated biographer.
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
English poet, banker, and aesthete, author of the ever-popular
Pleasures of Memory (1792),
Columbus (1810),
Jaqueline (1814), and
Italy (1822-28).