An ode performed at the anniversary feast of the gentlemen, natives of the county of Kent, at Merchant-Taylors-Hall, Nov. 21, 1700 set to musick by Mr. Barret. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A53200 of text R1784 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing O135). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A53200 Wing O135 ESTC R1784 12958936 ocm 12958936 96052 2240863419

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A53200) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96052) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 723:12) An ode performed at the anniversary feast of the gentlemen, natives of the county of Kent, at Merchant-Taylors-Hall, Nov. 21, 1700 set to musick by Mr. Barret. Barrett, John, ca. 1676-1719. 1 sheet (2 p.) s.n., [London? : 1700] Broadside. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. eng Kent (England) -- Poetry. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century eebo An ode performed at the anniversary feast of the gentlemen, natives of the county of Kent, at Merchant-Taylors-Hall, Nov. 21. 1700. Set to musick by M [no entry] 1700 2 537 2 0 0 0 0 0 37.24 D The rate of 37.24 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2012-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-04 Sampled and proofread 2013-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ODE Performed at the Anniversary Feast of the Gentlemen , Natives of the County of Kent , AT Merchant-Taylors-Hall , Nov. 21. 1700. Set to Musick by Mr Barret . HArk , Musick , hark , Melodious Sounds are made : A Noble Theme in moving Numbers laid , Is to our Sence by moving Notes convey'd . Apollo takes his Harp and plays : The God of Music sings the Praise Of KENT , the Darling of his Rays . Fair Land , that glads my wondring Eye , While round the Spacious Orb I fly , Proud of my Lustre , here I view The Sprightly products of my Rays in you . Upon thy fertile sides The Thames with Plenty loaded glides , Inriching thee with tributary Tydes . Britain's Glory , Safety , Trade , Within thy Medway's Arms are laid , And KENT is England's Bulwark made . By thee her Fleets protected are , By thee are furnish'd out for War . In Peace secur'd within thy Land , In War by thee are bravely mann'd . The Goddess of the British Isle Fair Liberty on Thee does smile . Thy Lands Exempt from all Despotick sway , Their ancient Patrons ne'r betray : By long Succession sure , Riches and Titles here endure ; But Vertue● with Estates come down , And from the Father bless the Son . No wonder Vertues there abound , This part down to the Grand Chorus was not set , lest the Entertainment should be too ●ong . Since Britain first was bless'd , And with the Noblest Worship grac'd , On this Religious Ground . Blest Land , Propt by thy ruling Pow'rs , The Saving Gross was fixt on thy exalted Tow'rs . There Justice , Freedom , Plenty , Ease , The Pride of War , and Joys of Peace , And ev'ry Good are found : KENT with its ancient Honors great , It self a Kingdom and a State , With ev'ry Bliss is crown'd . Ye Gen'rous Offspring of a Noble Land , Still ev'ry heart command ; Still ev'ry Year your Minutes thus employ , And let your Goodness be diffusive as your Joy . There Nature plac'd you to oppose , And awe Britannia's Neighb'ring Foes : Of Freedom fond , untaught to yield , The first to take , and last to quit the Field . That Mighty She , who did her Sex adorn , The Great Eliza here was Born . The very Swain here like a Noble lives , Blest in the Sweets that Freedom gives ; Blest in the best of Representatives . Thus may ye yearly hither throng , Like Them your Joys improve ; Still help each other , rear the young , And still promote Society and Love . Grand Chorus . REjoyce , Brave Sons of KENT , Hail ! Crown'd with loud Applause , Guard what your Fathers fixt of old , Our Altars and our Laws . Guard , what your Fathers fixt of old , When early pious , wisely bold , The Conqu'ror they Controul'd . FINIS .