Under the shore his boat was tied,
And all her listless crew
Watched the grey alligator slide
Into the still bayou.<\/p>\n
Odours of oranfe-flowers, and spice,
Reached them from time to time,
Like airs thet breathe from Paradise
Upon a world of crime.<\/p>\n
The Planter, under his roof of thatch,
Smoked thoughtfully and slow;
The Slaver’s thumb was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go.<\/p>\n
He said "My ship at anchor rides
In yonder broad lagoon;
I only wait the evening tides,
And the rising of the moon."<\/p>\n
Before them, with her face upraised,
In timid attitude,
Like one half-curious, half-amazed,
A Quadroon maiden stood.<\/p>\n
Her eyes were large, and full of light,
Her arms and neck were bare;
No garment she wore save a kirtle bright,
And her own long raven hair.<\/p>\n
And on her lips there played a smile
As holy, meek, and faint,
As lights in some cathedral aisle
The features of a saint.<\/p>\n
"The soil is barren, -the farm is old,"
The thoughtful Planter said:
Then looked upon the Slaver’s gold,
And then upon the maid.<\/p>\n
His heart within him was at strife
With such accursed gains;
For he knew whose passions gave her life,
Whose blood ran in her veins.<\/p>\n
But the voice of Nature was too weak;
He took the glittering gold!
Then pale as death grew the maiden’s cheek,
Her hands as icy cold.<\/p>\n
The Slaver led her from the door,
He led her by the hand,
To be his slave and paramour
In a strange and distant land!<\/p>\n
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