Serious but smiling, stately and serene,
And dreamier than a flower;
A girl in whom all sympathies convene
As perfumes in a bower;
Through whom one feels what soul and heart may mean,
And their resistless power.
Eyes, that commune with the frank skies of truth,
Where thought like starlight curls;
Lips of immortal rose, where love and youth
Nestle like two sweet pearls;
Hair, that suggests the Bible braids of RUTH,
Deeper than any girl's.
When first I saw you, 't was as if within
My soul took shape some song--
Played by a master of the violin--
A music pure and strong,
That rapt my soul above all earthly sin
To heights that know no wrong.
John P. Walker
(1855-1932)
American artist
Image courtesy/United Daughters of the Confederacy
Portrait of A Southern Girl
A daughter of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America,
Varina Anne"Winnie" Davis became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy"
for her appearances with her father on behalf of Confederate veterans groups.
" A Southern Girl "
Madison Julius Cawein
(1865-1914)
American poet
Known as the "Keats of Kentucky"
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