"In the rich realms of polished taste, / Where judgment penetrates to find / The treasures of the unwrought mind, / Where conversation's ardent spirit / Refines from dross the ore of merit, / Where emulation aids the flame / And stamps the sterling bust of fame."
To the Hon. Mrs. C[ockayn]e
2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1791, 1799).<br>
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See <u>Miscellaneous Poems, and a Tragedy. By Mrs. West.</u> (York: Printed by W. Blanchard; and sold by R. Faulder, London; T. Burnham, Northampton; W. Harrod, Harborough; and N. Collis, Kettering, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T68679">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Poems and Plays. By Mrs. West</u> (London: Printed by C. Whittingham; for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row, 1799). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N11804">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Lonsdale, R. Ed. <u>Eighteenth Century Women Poets</u> (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1989).