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By: Tom Zart = Most Published Poet On The Web
JAMESTOWN 1607 Four hundred years ago high-born Brits sailed to America Seeking fast fortunes, adventure and fame. Many would never endure their first year here Cultivating, foraging, and hunting game. Arriving in Virginia they came ill-prepared In search of gold and a route to the South Seas What they found were hostile Indians, Insects, starvation, and disease. “Virginia is Earth’s only Paradise!” The laureate of England would proclaim!” However by August of 1607, Every day there was anguish, and pain. They ate their horses, dogs, cats and rats One man ate his wife and hid her bones in the ground. Despite their hardships, half managed to survive Becoming America’s first permanent, English town . By Tom Zart
JAMESTOWN 1607
zart08@netzero.net
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