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MG-A(G.749.025
9 Aug 1749:21 (224)
London. April 29. Last Thursday morning his royal highness
the Duke of Cumberland appeared at the head of three
battalions of the first regiment of foot-guards, on the
parade in St. James's Park, and marched to do duty in the
Green Park . . . [8 lines concerning a review of the troops
by the King and the fireworks which followed]. The whole
band of music perform'd at his majesty's coming and going,
and during his stay in the machine . . . [40 lines of text
describing the fireworks and several mishaps connected with
them, followed by a poem]
FOR THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE WORKS.
The sun, that us'd to chear our hearts,
Now checks our joy, 'til he departs:
(This night we give to noise and laughter)
---He sets, and twilight follows after;
Hark! the music strikes up! How it spreads, how it swells!
Bom, bom, bom say the cannon, ding dong, say the bells.
See rockets dancing by hundreds on high!
Hark, the thunder on earth they repeat in the sky!
See the wheels and the fountains, and each pretty figure!
And the sun, that mocks nature's, and nearer, looks
bigger!
Huzza Boys around!
Be the instruments drown'd!
Let your shouts rend the plain!
Huzza Boys! Huzza Boys again!
. . . [13 more lines, signed] London Ev. Post.
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