Poetry Codex

Romantic

Samuel Rogers

1763–1855

Samuel Rogers was an English banker and poet whose The Pleasures of Memory (1792) made his name. He was a well-known host and patron in London literary society.

Palgrave includes two of his short poems.

Major Works (3)

  1. Italy — Descriptive poem, 1822–28; illustrated edition 1830
  2. The Pleasures of Memory — Didactic poem, 1792
  3. The Voyage of Columbus — Narrative poem (fragments), 1810–12

Poems (31)

  1. The Sleeping Beauty
  2. A Wish
  3. On Lord Dudley and Ward
  4. To the Butterfly
  5. On a Tear
  6. An Italian Song
  7. Epitaph on a Robin-Redbreast
  8. Epistle to a Friend
  9. Ode to Superstition
  10. Written to be spoken in a Theatre
  11. To —— [Go—you may call it madness, folly]
  12. The Sailor
  13. To an old Oak
  14. To Two Sisters
  15. Written at Midnight
  16. To a Voice that had been lost
  17. To the Torso
  18. To —— [Ah! little thought she, when, with wild delight]
  19. Written in a Sick Chamber
  20. To a Friend on his Marriage
  21. The Alps at Day-break
  22. Imitation of an Italian Sonnet
  23. On —— asleep
  24. To the youngest Daughter of Lady **
  25. To the Gnat
  26. An Inscription in the Crimea
  27. Captivity
  28. A Character
  29. Written in the Highlands of Scotland
  30. A Farewell
  31. Written in Westminster Abbey

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