George Fownes. Engraving by C. Cook after Collins.

The British lyre; or, Muses' repository , for the year ... Containing a more valuable collection of new songs, selected from the works of the most celebrated lyric geniuses of the age, than any book.

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George Fownes. Engraving by C. Cook after Collins.

The British lyre; or, Muses' repository , for the year ... Containing a more valuable collection of new songs, selected from the works of the most celebrated lyric geniuses of the age, than any book.