28 NOVEMBER 1835, Page 20

The Grecian Daughter

The Veteran. ' Ballads, by J. P. KNIGHT.

Mr. 1'. 11. BAYLY, the author of the words to which Mr. KNIGHT has furnished music, seems to have rhymes and phrases assorted in readiness for the manufacture of what he calls songs. Thus., for ex- ample, singeth, in choicest namby-pamby, his Grecian DatiOlter- " Then never heed, my mother dear, The silent tears I shed : Indeed I will be happy here, Then ask me not to mot."

The music of these songs is of a better quality than the words ; and there are passages which seem to indicate, on the part of the composer, the power to produce something better.