Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — CURRENT VERSE [ARTICLE]

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A Daughter of Dixie. Her eyes are soft with dreams of love. And dark as some lagoon. In which, through woven branches, shines The glory of the moon. Her silver voice is sweet and low, Her brow is broad and meek, And pure as waxen orange flowers The oval of her cheek. Her dusky tresses thick and fine. In many a silken fold, Are bound about her shapely head And filleted with gold, ¥ ; ' Her Ups are like the dewy rose That finds a resting place Upon her heart, in filmy frills Of organdie and lace. A knight of old who crossed the sea With nothing but his lance, Bequeathed to her that regal air, That dark and tender glanbe. Oh. daughter of the sunny South, Where summer never dies, - The North, that never feared your guns. Surrenders to your eyes!

—Leslie’s Weekly.