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N Northern Hights, where Nature eldom miles,

Embrac'd with Seas, and buttre't round with Iles,

Where lofty Shores regard th' adjacent Pole,

Where Winds inceant blow, and Waves inceant roll;

Where Tyrant Cold in Glacy Ocean reigns,

And all the Habitable World didains,

Defies the ditant Influence of the Sun,

And hines in Ice.

Firt youngest Siter to the Frozen Zone,

Batter'd by Parent Natures contant Frown.

Adapt to Hardhips, and cut out for Toil;

The bet wort Climate, and the wort bet Soil.

A rough, unhewn, uncultivated Spot,

Of old o fam'd, and o of late forgot.