"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,"
— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Date
1787
Metaphor
"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,"
Metaphor in Context
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,
But to Beauty it still adds a grace.
Sterling Virtue 'twill never debase;
No alloy can we know, from a passion refin'd,
But to Beauty it still adds a grace.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); found again "mind" and "sterling"
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1787).
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
