Okay, then Geheimer Kriegs- und Domänenrat Wilke is our (hobby)poet giving the future author of De La Literature Allemande a welome poem. :) Seriously though, it was a sweet gesture, and Fritz evidently appreciated if he both tried to compose a French version and wrote a brief German reply. I’m also reminded of the Frankfurt an der Oder students organizing a musical presentation for Fritz (whether or not Fredersdorf was involved). What all this tells me is that Fritz loving music and poetry must have been known across the kingdom - since neither Wilke nor the students were court insiders -, and also that they evidently wanted to show their solidarity/ make his life a bit better despite living in a kingdom governed by absolute monarch FW. Kudos, I say.