Between 1763 and 1794 Thomas Warren published, through differing publishers, an annual collection of catches, canons and glees, under the aegis of the Catch Club. This item was published in the twenty-eighth collection.

Lyrics: Alexander Pope

Ye gentle muses, leave your crystal spring,
Let nymphs and sylvans cypress garlands bring:
Ye weeping loves, the stream with myrtles hide,
And break your bows, as when Adonis died:
And with your golden darts, now useless grown,
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Let Nature change, let heav'n and earth deplore:
Fair Daphne's dead, and Love is now no more.