Upon arriving in England for a year’s residence Mechem wrote these pieces for his three daughters, choosing British poets.
"Its outer movements — “Jenny Kissed Me” and “To Celia”— are energetic and playful and full of fun. These two movements surround a beautiful, dream-like movement, “Julia's Voice.” As a set, your men's choir will have the opportunity to showcase emotions not always available to them in their everyday life."
— MusicBookShelf, Australia
"An impressive contribution to the literature…. very attractive, somewhat demanding but very well written and rewarding for the singers. No. 1 is a bright piece with stimulating metric shifts; No. 2 is atmospheric, impressionistic; No. 3 is an urgent, scherzo-like setting of the Ben Jonson text."
— QUODLIBET: Journal of the Intercollegiate Musical Council