The Farmer's Boy
Robert Bloomfield
Leather Bound
(Vernor and Hood, London, March 15, 1808)
Farmer's Boy by Robert Bloomfield. Verner, Hood, and Sharpe Poultry; and Longman, Hust, Rees and Orme, London, 1808. Robert Bloomfield (1766 - 1823), was an English self-educated poet. He was born into a poor family and died in debt, although he had some success with The Farmer's Boy, his best known work. Written in iambic pentameter couplets, The Farmer's Boy describes rural life through the seasons, often showing that it is harsh work, although the tone is still cheerful. Leather binding, with stamped covers and gilt spine, overall scuffing to leather, age toning.