Each volume contains introduction and biographical sketches of the composers.
bk.1. High voice: Come live with me ; Take o take those lips away / H. Bishop. I arise from dreams of thee / J. Barnett. The hag / J. Hatton. Invocation to the deep ; I heard a brooklet gushing / E. Loder -- bk.2. Medium voice: Go, lovely rose / T. Attwood. One struggle more, and I am free / J. Clarke(-Whitfeld). Invocation to nature / G. Pinto. To Anthea / J. Hatton. The lamentation / E. Loder. By the rivers of Babylon / S. Wesley -- bk.3. Medium/low voice: John Anderson, my jo ; Fear no more the heat of the sun ; The white owl / H. Pierson. Gentle zephyr ; To Chloe ; Indian love ; The past / W. Bennett