 This was one of the earliest musical settings of Byron's work, and is estimated in the British Library catalogue to have been published in about 1820 (although there is no date on the publication itself).Crathern's principal religious compositions, including chants and anthems, were collected in his volume of "Sacred Music", which was certainly published in 1820.In 1820, Crathern was 27 years old, and he is already described (as he is on the undated song My Boat is On the Shore) as “Organist of St Mary’s Chapel, Hammersmith”.