The best pieces are his Greek pieces and some compositions on love subjects of a most delicate and bewitching kind.
Of course the very name "Ionica" suggests Greek work, a collection of pieces in Ionic style.

But you must not think that this means only repetitions of ancient subjects.

This author brings the Greek feeling back again into the very heart of English life sometimes, or makes an English fact illustrate a Greek fable.

Some delightful translations from the Greek there are, but less than half a dozen in all.
I scarcely know how to begin--what piece to quote first.

But perhaps the little fancy called "Mimnermus in Church" is the best known, and the one which will best serve to introduce us to the character of Cory.