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NYC.769.119
21-25 Dec 1769;2622 (1/39)
Edinburgh, Sept.25. Friday evening, the 22d instant, being
the anniversary of the birthday of the great Thompson,
author of the Seasons, etc., a number of young gentlemen,
lovers of the muses, stimulated by the late great doings at
Stratford upon Avon, associated to celebrate the memory of
the Scottish bard, the entertainment began with an
occasional prologue, in which was introduced a favourite
long on the coronation of their Majesties, of which that
happy day was likewise the anniversary, to this succeed a
glass to the health of their Majesties, and another to the
honour of the immortal Shakespear; they were followed by a
noble ode, composed and set to music by a young gentleman,
in honour of Thompson, the bard of liberty and friend of
peace. After spending the evening in the elysium of the
poets (if such an expression may be allowed) the
entertainment concluded, and the association broke up with a
panegyrick on the works of Thompson.
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