_Lines attributed to Henry Viscount Palmerston._--Permit me to inquire
whether there is any better authority than the common conjecture that
the beautiful verses, commencing,--
"Whoe'er, like me, with trembling anguish brings
His heart's whole treasure to fair Bristol's springs,"
were written by Henry Viscount Palmerston, on the death of his lady at
the Hot-wells, June 1 or 2, 1769. They first appeared p. 240. of the
47th vol. of the _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1777.
They also have been attributed to Dr. Hawkeworth, but his wife
survived him. There is a mural tablet under the west window of Romsey
Church, containing some lines to the memory of Lady Palmerston,
but they are not the same. Perhaps some of your correspondents are
competent to discover the truth.