Deemed her in ev’ry[378] trait of character
His antipode, his very opposite—
A lion him, and her a sweet gazelle.
Together lived they in that[379] red-roofed house,
He, father, brother, lord and slave by turns:
She, ever steadfast, mild, obedient,
So like her mother—an exotic frail,
A Northern lily ’neath a Southern sun.
One Victor Dale, whose acres joined, and stretched[380]
Far west from Lysle’s estate; whose negro huts