Virginia
Who knowes not England once was like
a Wildernesse and savage place,
Till government and use of men,
that wildnesse did deface:
And so Virginia may in time,
be made like England now;
Where long-lovd peace and plenty both,
sits smiling on her brow.
Anon, ‘Londons Lotterie’, sung to the tune of ‘Lusty Gallant’,
London, printed for Henry Robards and sold
at his shop near St Botolph without Aldgate, 1612.