79. Samuel Rogers to Robert
Bloomfield, February 1802*
Dear Sir
Allow me to thank you as I do from my heart for your very elegant
presents, as well as for the obliging Letter which accompanied it. I have read
the poems again & again with redoubled pleasure. They are full of
genuine poetry, & present to my mind a more spirited & touching
picture of the English peasantry than I have ever before met with.
If Robt Burns has
earned the admiration of his countrymen, you are not less entitled to the
gratitude of yours; for you have done them justice. Give me leave to
congratulate you on your increasing reputation & to assure you with what
real respect I remain, Dear Sir
Your faithful friend & servt
Samuel Rogers
No 2. Hanover Street, Hanover Square.