Castleman, Virginia Carter / 2008-07-08 00:00:00

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POCAHONTAS
A Poem
By
Virginia Carter Castleman

To Anita.


DEDICATION.

Virginia! Mother State--thy name beloved
By every patriot for its music sweet--
I lay this lowly tribute at thy feet,
One leaf, perchance, upon thy wreath of fame.
V.C.C.


POCAHONTAS.

(A descriptive narrative poem in eight parts.)

1. The Little Princess.
2. The Wizard.
3. Smith and Newport.
4. Coronation of Powhatan.
5. Guardian Angel.
6. The Parting.
7. Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
8. London Town.


I.

THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

Many dark-eyed children played among the rushes
By the waters of the inland, plain-like marshes,
Made them water babies of the tall brown cattails,
Cradled in the baskets of the plaited willows.
Of them all was none more gleeful, none more artless
Than the little Matoax,[FN#1] dearest of the daughters
Of the mighty Werowance,[FN#2] Powhatan the warrior
Ruler of the tribes, from whom was named the river
And the wigwam village and the dark-skinned natives.
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