Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 4 May 1835
‘My dear Rogers,—I enclose a line barely to say that after a journey
of three days, having slept at Birmingham and Manchester, we reached this place
in good health. My poor sister is rather
better; but every day and hour add to our anxiety for the removal of my
daughter to London for medical
advice.
‘I hope when we return we shall find you in London. ![]()
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It grieved me to come away without seeing you again. My
son William is now with us, and looking
better than I have seen him do for some years. He bears his disappointment in
being still without a better provision as well as could be expected. You would
be pleased to see how sensible he is of your affectionate kindness towards him,
and happy am I to see he is not unworthy of it. He is a great comfort to us all
in our distress. Poor Mrs. Southey
appears to be but little, if at all, improved. Your portrait is much liked in
this house—I own, elegant as it is, I could have wished for something
with more strength. Love from everyone here to yourself and sister,
‘And believe [me], my dear Friend,
‘Most faithfully yours,
‘4th May, 1835: Rydal Mount.’
Dora Quillinan [née Wordsworth] (1804-1847)
The daughter of William Wordsworth who in 1841 married the poet Edward Quillinan despite
her father's concerns about his debts.
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).
Edith Southey [née Fricker] (1774-1837)
The daughter of Stephen Fricker, she was the first wife of Robert Southey and the mother
of his children; they married in secret in 1795.
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
The sister of William Wordsworth who transcribed his poems and kept his house; her
journals and letters were belatedly published after her death.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
With Coleridge, author of
Lyrical Ballads (1798), Wordsworth
survived his early unpopularity to succeed Robert Southey as poet laureate in 1843.
William Wordsworth (1810-1883)
The second son of William Wordsworth; of St. Ann's Hill, Carlisle, he was a justice of
the peace.
