 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 [) x1 E* g+ a$ Y* e% a
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( ^/ k1 u# k) ?" t' j
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 F9 T$ }6 f! M! r4 ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
7 B2 I! Z# g1 c) V) {& AHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
& m) o% C* `3 o" fWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' [3 J' |, e) _( ~1 G. N l* N0 ^
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& C$ f$ d& F) P0 BWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( d2 b; K0 \# }! P- H
( k; t/ m A/ b- h7 A$ V$ b9 u" jUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat, i) y5 A2 ?4 X
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,# p' y2 A' x6 @) M0 s+ }, E5 c0 @7 }
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 D) G9 _% u! W* r
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 X" x4 x, V7 W2 x2 WWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( P1 Y+ V% H6 w& R3 a1 ]8 d
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 q% L$ W% x, v1 T5 yWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 F/ ^8 H( r2 N+ J0 Y- W% l
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
* o# y5 x5 E. F0 a% V! ?
8 x. j7 V- q3 UII C( Q4 D# g1 t! `4 o# F
There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
9 `4 R8 @; m8 \3 `Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, v& N/ m8 J( }( H1 T! tJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- ~; b; ^4 v7 }3 h4 o7 l; {1 K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ Y( @( J+ p' l: S$ |2 f' W
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,1 O3 n6 T& D! M- [8 b$ W
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
& C( ~! j! z5 UGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,- f* J% g4 B; c, f4 f3 \. @# N
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! S5 O; C3 g% E/ _) \5 V& D
6 ~+ ~4 S; L# {$ J. P+ `' O# w
And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 G4 P! Z- U: j4 p" m; T0 a% o+ N) l! t
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% q5 Z0 Y/ {; Q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( m$ {" h0 A/ f1 I0 U, j* l0 F
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, T! O. s) `) b NHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 P/ z5 \6 M& qOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 X6 e$ j9 U/ E5 o7 v' n
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,4 a/ a8 }: J' K( ?" J9 D) P
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. D4 ?' h( h5 Z$ h9 q7 L
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
|