And our great conquest ’gainst the northren foe,
The fame of our admir’d exploits will show:
For to the Lap-land kingdome’s vtmost end,
Our Britaine empire’s bounds I did extend.
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In deeds of fame, thus did I spend the prime
Of goden youth, which lul’d in pleasure’s bed,
Flies fast away vpon the wings of time,
And scarce is knowne t’haue bin, when th’hoarie hed
With white of wintrie age is ouerspred: