PREFACE.

SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF POWHATAN.

PROEM.

CANTO FIRST. I. The monarch rested from his toils, Weary of

CANTO SECOND. I. Softly and light the moonbeams fell Upon that

CANTO THIRD. I. Of all the knights of England, That ever in

CANTO FOURTH. I. The moon look'd down with loving light On

CANTO FIFTH. I. December's sun is pale and low, Chilly and raw

CANTO SIXTH. I. The warm spring came, and the opening flower On

CANTO SEVENTH. I. Still far along the winding James War's

NOTES. [ NOTE 1 CANTO FIRST, SECT. I. Far in their mountain

POWHATAN;

A   M E T R I C A L   R O M A N C E,


IN SEVEN CANTOS.


BY SEBA SMITH.


“He cometh to you with a tale, that holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner.”—Sir Philip Sidney.


NEW-YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, CLIFF-STREET.
1841.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by
Harper & Brothers,
In the Clerk’s Office of the Southern District of New-York.

Stereotyped by
RICHARD C. VALENTINE,
45 Gold-street.

TO THE
YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,

IN THE HOPE THAT HE MAY DO SOME GOOD IN HIS DAY AND GENERATION,

BY ADDING SOMETHING TO THE SOURCES OF RATIONAL

ENJOYMENT AND MENTAL CULTURE,


THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY THE AUTHOR.