# Sketches of Southern life

Author: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69249

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sketches+of+Southern+life+Harper&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

He was a magnificent-looking creature—the very incarnation of manly strength and beauty. The splendid poise of his limbs, the vigor and litheness of his motions, the glorious light that flashed from his splendid dark eyes, the bright joyous smiles that occasionally wreathed his fresh young lips, and the finely-erect carriage of his head, were enough to impress the beholder with the thought, “Here is an athlete armed for a glorious strife!”

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-southern-life-69249/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-southern-life-69249/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-of-southern-life-69249/chapters/3/index.md)