TOSAMUELROGERS,ESQ.

tosamuelrogers,esq.

ontheneweditionofhis"pleasuresofmemory"

(1833)

whenthygaybookhathpaiditsprouddevoirs,

poeticfriend,andfedwithluxury

theeyeofpamperedaristocracy

inglitteringdrawing-roomsandgiltboudoirs,

o'erlaidwithcommentsofpictorialart,

howeverrichandrare,yetnothingleaving

ofhealthfulactiontothesoul-conceiving

ofthetruereader—yetanoblerpart

awaitsthywork,alreadyclassicstyled.

cheap-clad,accessible,inhomeliestshow

themodestbeautythroughthelandshallgo

fromyeartoyear,andrenderlifemoremild;

refinementtothepoorman'shearthshallgive,

andinthemoralheartofenglandlive.