Where the good yeoman bends his bow,

And the tough wrestler foils his foe,

As well as where, in proud career,

The high-born tilter shivers spear.

I’ll follow to the Castle-park,

And play my prize;—King James shall mark,

If age has tamed these sinews stark,[302]

Whose force so oft, in happier days,

His boyish wonder loved to praise.”

XXI.