Hymns for the Amusement of Children

Versions of
Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1771)
by Christopher Smart

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Smart's last work. Partly it was written in the prison "King's Bench", in London, where he was imprisoned for debt in April 1770, and spent more then 12 months. The 1st edition appeared before Smart's death in May 1771.

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Versions of Hymns for the Amusement of Children include:

Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1775) (transcription project)
Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791), including Isaac Watts' Divine Songs for Children as well as an appendix of additional hymns.