Here lies one conquered that hath conquered kings, Subdued large territories, and done things Which, to the world, impossible would seem, But that the truth is held in more esteem. Shall I report his former service done In honor of God and Christendom, How that he did divide from pagans three Their heads and lives, types of his chivalry; For which great service, in that climate done, Brave Sigismundus, (King of Hungarion,) Did give him a coat of arms to wear, Those conquered heads got by his sword and spear? Or shall I tell of his adventures since Done in Virginia, that large continent, How that he subdued kings unto his yoke, And made those heathens fly as wind doth smoke, And made their land, being of so large a station, A habitation for our Christian nation, Where God is glorified, their wants supplied, Which else for necessaries might have died? But what avails his conquest? now he lies Interred in earth, a prey for worms and flies. O may his soul in sweet Elysium sleep Until the Keeper, that all souls doth keep, Return to judgment, and that after thence With angels he may have his recompense. The tablet was destroyed by the great fire in the year 1666, and all now remaining to the memory of Captain Smith is a large flat stone, in front of the communion-table, engraved with his coat of arms, upon which the three Turks' heads are still distinguishable.[84:A] The historian Grahame concludes a notice of him in these words: "But Smith's renown will break forth again, and once more be commensurate with his desert. It will grow with the growth of men and letters in America, and whole nations of its admirers have yet to be born." A complete edition of his works would be a valuable addition to American historical literature. The sculptor's art ought to present a fitting memorial of him and of Pocahontas, in the metropolis of Virginia. FOOTNOTES: [72:A] The word Matapony is said to signify "no bread at all." The four confluents of this river, on modern maps, are whimsically named Ma, Ta, Po, and Ny, being the four component syllables of the word. Captain Smith calls it the Matapanient. [74:A] Smith, i. 227. [75:A] Smith, i. 123; Beverley's Hist. of Va., iii. 15. I refer to the first edition of 1705, which does not differ materially from the second edition of 1722. [75:B] Farmer's Register for April, 1839, ix. 3; Jefferson's Notes on Va., 33; Rees' Cyclopædia, art. Tuckahoe; Fremont's Report, 135, 160.