"Love was ever the touchstone to try the fine mind, / Sterling Virtue 'twill never debase; / No alloy can we know, from a passion refin'd,"
Epitaph, on the Sudden Death of an Accomplished Youth (Designed for a Tomb-stone) [from Poems on Various Subjects]
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1787).<br>
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See <u>Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley.</u> (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). &lt;<a href="">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&r  es_id=xri:lion-us&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z200545293:2">Link to LION</a>&gt;