To
The Right Honourable
Lady Harriet Leveson Gower.
Madam,
I have had the pleasure to be informed, that your Ladyship has frequently been heard to express your admiration of Tixall, and its situation. Your Ladyship has also favoured me with your approbation of a considerable part of the Poetry in this volume, which I had the honour, some time ago, to submit to your Ladyship's perusal. With such a decision,
