Here fix the tablet. This must be the place br Where our Columbus of the South did land. br He saw the Indian village on that sand br And on this rock first met the simple race br Of Austral Indians who presumed to face br With lance and spear his musket. Close at hand br Is the clear stream from which his vent'rous band br Refreshed their ship; and thence a little space br Lies Sutherland, their shipmate; for the sound br Of Christian burial better did proclaim br Possession than the flag, in England's name.