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BG.749.004
7 Feb 1749:13 (1508)
From the London Evening-Post, of August 23. 1748.
AN ODE ON THE RESTITUTION OF CAPE-BRETON.
Recitativo.
At length the melancholy morn appears,
When poor Britannia must, alas ! resign
Yon favourite isle. Her sons, dissolv'd in tears,
Reluctant quit, and each cries, 'she was mine.
Air.
Ye valiant chiefs, who nobly won this prize,
From grateful altars let sweet incense rise:
Each Briton renders, where so justly due,
(Success tho' baffled) praise no less to you.
Chorus.
Ambitious Gaul will no record in story
This is the period of Great Britain's glory.
. . . [2 more pairs Air, recitativo, ending air and chorus]
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