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 Lad…