1. The song first occurs as a translation from the ancient British language in D. Lewis's _Collection of Miscellaneous Poems_, 8vo. 1726, vol. i., p. 53., pointed out by your correspondent, MR. HICKSON. (Vol. ii., p. 519.) 2ndly. In Watts' _Musical Miscellany_, vol. vi., p. 198. Lond. 1731; it is with the tune, "Eveillez vous ma belle Endormie," and is called "Winifreda, from the ancient language." 3dly. As an engraved song entitled "Colin's Address;" the words by the Earl of Chesterfield, set by W. Yates, 1752. The air begins "Away, &c." 4thly. In 1755, 8vo., appeared _Letters concerning Taste_, anonymously, but by John Gilbert Cooper; in Letter XIV. pp. 95, 96, he says,-- "It was not in my power then to amuse you with any poetry of my own composition, I shall now take the liberty to send you, without any apology, an old song wrote above a hundred years ago by the happy bridegroom himself." Cooper then praises the poem, and prints it at length. 5thly. In 1765, Dr. Percy first published his _Reliques_, with the song, as copied from Lewis. 6thly. We find an engraved song, entitled "Winifreda, an Address to Conjugal Love," translated from the ancient British language; set to music by Signor Giordani, 1780. The air begins, "Away, &c." 7thly. In Ritson's printed Songs as by Gilbert Cooper, Park's edition, 1813, vol. i., p. 281., with a note by the editor referring to Aikin's _Vocal Biography_, p. 152.; and mentioning that in the _Edinburgh Review_, vol. xi., p. 37. "Winifreda" is attributed to the late Mr. Stephens, meaning George Steevens. 8thly. In Campbell's _British Poems_, 1819, vol. vi., p. 93., with a Life of John Gilbert Cooper, to whom Campbell attributes the authorship, stating that he was born in 1723, and died in 1769; he was, consequently, only three years old when the poem was printed, which would settle the question, even if his disclaimer had been merely a trick to deceive his friend. Lord Chesterfield's claim is hardly worth notice; his name seems to have been used to promote the sale of the "Engraven old Song;" and no one can doubt that he would gladly have avowed a production which would have added to his literary fame. Whether the problem will ever be solved, seems very doubtful; but I am disposed to think that the song belongs to a much earlier period, and that it should be looked for amongst the works of those poets of whom Izaak Walton has left us such agreeable reminiscences; and whose simplicity and moral tone are in keeping with those sentiments of good feeling to which "Winifreda" owes its principal attraction. BRAYBROOKE. Audley End.