<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553567" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From Down The River</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A HALF-BREED, slim, and sallow of face,<br> Alphonse lies full length on his raft,<br>The hardy son of a hybrid race.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lithe and long, with the Indian grace,<br> Versed in the varied Indian craft,<br>A half-breed, slim, and sallow of face,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He nurses within mad currents that chase-<br> The swift, the sluggish-a foreign graft,<br>This hardy son of a hybrid race.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What southern airs, what snows embrace<br> Within his breast-soft airs that waft<br>The half-breed-slim, and sallow of face,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far from the Gatineau's foaming base! <br> And what strong potion hath he quaffed,<br>This hardy son of a hybrid race,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That upon this sun-baked blistered place<br> He sleeps, with his hand on the burning haft,<br>A Metis-slim and sallow of face,<br> The hardy son of a hybrid race!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Susan+Frances+Harrison">Susan Frances Harrison</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553567" data-title="From Down The River de Susan Frances Harrison" data-description="A HALF-BREED, slim, and sallow of face, Alphonse lies full length on his raft, The hardy son of a hybrid race. Lithe and long, with the Indian grace, Versed in the varied Indian craft, A half-breed, slim, and sallow of face, He nurses within m..."></div> </div> </div>

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