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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# S" a% ?! F* d2 kWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 T) H4 M5 X6 l- J$ P- CFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 i, E2 K2 @ g) I4 F
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.+ d9 B& [ y; m0 j. B8 J# k0 y! c. o
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 C8 E: s4 W2 u& f, k" g% ^% A! CWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' G! x# |5 L4 w' C: ]
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# r8 \, s1 d% K$ q3 X" c
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, |, p/ G* n* g; A j' t# E& NAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ x7 h- N7 L7 F$ h% u! j& w2 F! S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# w! U# X' e: `5 y1 ]6 C! n, v. |
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 C7 G9 O$ x% kWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, A+ m$ f- m8 K) [# v8 Y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# u" G* _& d) `% C' `( D/ v; Y+ U0 }When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 f$ l5 ~) C4 l% t7 |( {* m8 d
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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9 V. _ _/ T& `' P4 l- lThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,' w3 |! L: @5 v8 i1 g- H: P4 b+ z
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* L/ o+ m A z# X+ K [, S/ |! s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 B4 s5 q# }; [/ m0 q. b7 l2 {& t4 \
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 Z1 Q0 S# o9 m- U4 w- uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) u0 I7 C/ m, v1 v* lAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
9 Q" i- I+ J! j. X0 K/ c- DGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,7 ]7 Q% R8 |8 ^6 s
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 F7 B3 x: Y% f: k
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ [% D5 K2 `) Z$ i, `
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; K' H* |7 a1 n' O0 uFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ @/ E9 y ]% F
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
5 O, c! a2 v. E" g& C( COn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;5 A' b: j& B- h2 h9 L
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
" [+ t/ E7 k9 K" d- }. nBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
) v9 ]% Q C* p----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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