 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
- h/ {$ Q6 } c, nWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
* a3 `. [2 w$ Z$ T" x4 |From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ D+ m. h: |! N9 B! @( }
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* S* f7 P" M( z0 J, p' }/ e
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 \5 t" A, u# S' Q& ~0 o4 P7 UWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' w Y/ t. v: F& N" WA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 o% z" f) u" Z* DWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
v, N2 M* j' A8 G0 H7 g8 H2 j m! X
Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 [: g. R% d5 ]9 b! ]
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ F, q; ^1 J3 }7 H- }% `& F" |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ W3 J1 b! e2 U6 ~Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. y1 _+ T- [7 j0 f+ R
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 u( A* ~& A* z# [5 E
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 x o0 T5 K' A, P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,6 L1 c3 F8 o' c @* B$ E3 j
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( d* L3 c; ^* j! ]: V
/ Y: t7 O' _! E! d8 RII5 _9 ?% H( J2 n/ [
There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, i; z, T$ l6 ]3 r
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' \+ u c" i0 nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,$ f6 ~4 u0 \7 a! Q$ k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.7 \( c1 [/ l- J9 N9 `5 J( I5 T
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, B; I/ `' {' G1 `5 b( D" C6 AAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
M" X7 D n; C, a. x T/ pGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 e' C( q. t- |* ~! NSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
) t& e: ^5 L* \0 i& W( n
9 Q- ~1 I2 O: z/ N+ qAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
: X& f! p! P8 u' A) XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
" q. Z" H1 Y: xIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, l7 E1 K: c" f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 m9 W8 v" ?. \
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,! }5 i( h* [% G; `/ I- F, a7 r
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; ]/ V7 Q9 _, C8 l; \) x# d
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( l0 [) N4 \* FBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- i7 N; J* `4 x9 X% c
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2008-10-4 23:50
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
