1867 Signed Manuscript Verse & 1851 Great Exhibition Religious Broadside

1867 Signed MS Verse re Cowper/Olney + 1851 Great Exhibition Religious BroadsideUnusual as-found composite of two 19th-century items attached together: (1) a c.1851 London religious broadside ballad by R. G. Ibbett, using the Great Exhibition as a metaphor for the Last Judgement (opens with Rev. 20:12), originally printed for bulk/free circulation and published by J. H. Woodley, Stationer & Bookseller, 30 Fore Street, Cripplegate; and (2) an original manuscript verse, dated Sept. 1867 and signed “R.G.I.”, written “to (Mr Coleridge)” in return for an apple from Cowper’s garden, Olney, referencing The Task, John Newton, and the Olney Hymns. The transcript of the verse is:Impromptu lines to (Mr Coleridge)in return for an apple grown inCowper’s garden Olney.The memory of the past is blest,And fruit obtained from such a sourceHas special charms and a behest,To try a sketch in humble verseTo him whose musings sung the “Task”And Johnny Gilpin’s merry whims,And then awak’d John Newton’s verseTo sing with him the Olney HymnsTogether in the Summer-houseOr lonely ’neath the apple trees,’Tis there his heart with holy songs,Bore up against a mind’s disease.Bearing the heart renew’d in sight,Press’d by afflictions sad & sore,But for’d in Christ to walk arightStill call’d above to weep no moreSept. 1867 R. G. I.Condition: Age-toning/handling wear consistent with period—please review scans for condition detail.