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NYG(W.765.027
25 Mar 1765:22 (329)
London, January 1, 1765. This day at noon was performed
before their Majesties and the Royal Family, the following
Ode, written by William Whitehead, Esq; Poet-Laureat, and
set to Musick by Dr. Boyce, Master of the King's Band of
Musicians: The Vocal parts by Mr. Beard, the gentlemen and
children of the Chapel-Royal, &c. the Instrumental by His
Majesty's Band, assisted by other principal performers.
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, JANUARY 1 1765.
Sacred to thee,
O Commerce, daughter of sweet liberty,
Shall flow the annual strain.--
Beneath a Monarch's fostering care
Thy sails unnumber'd swell in air,
And darken half the Main.
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