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SCAGG.769.068
18-23 Aug 1769:21 (12/566)
London, June 5. This day at noon was performed before their
Majesties and the royal family the following ode, written by
William Whitehead, esq., poet-laureate, and set to musick by
Dr. Boyce, master of the King's band of musicians.
ODE FOR HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY, JUNE 4, 1769.
Patron of arts! at length by thee
Their home is fix'd; thy kind decree
Has placed their empire here.
No more, unheeded, shall they waste
Their measures on the fickle taste
Of each fantastick year.
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