Yearsley

Yearsley

Yearsley (spr. Jersli), Anna, Tochter einer Milchfrau aus Clifton bei Bristol, las in ihrer Jugend mehre Dichterwerke u. dichtete selbst, setzte aber Armuth halber das Geschäft ihrer Mutter fort u. st. 1806 in Melkham. Sie schr.: Gedichte, 1785–1787, 2 Bde.; Gedicht über die Unmenschlichkeit des Sklavenhandels, 1788; Graf Godwin (historisches Drama), 1791; Die ländliche Leyer, 1796; Vermischte Gedichte, 1796, 3 Bde.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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