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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
% R3 Z8 ?& R2 |& d% ?When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) g$ _% V9 Y9 h& c O4 x4 vFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ U) y. H, w) a% l1 b M( kAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* J( \% j, x% G5 g; g
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' q1 M \- o! x4 t# Y/ ~4 E0 b5 h
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 O- J" c, j4 c, P4 K+ _( W1 h& CA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
Q5 s k2 o7 M- lWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.2 g: c4 W- M$ Y6 S2 k! M; k
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: Q* k0 j. `. E8 i2 W1 s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- t/ l: c* i7 S& eHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ h/ L2 `( ?" W* y7 ]0 J2 l* l/ \( _Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, H0 B, K5 K Y3 I* KWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ _* Z5 s2 R7 M8 w5 k% FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
7 V4 v5 C7 x6 J& wWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. h$ S4 [* {0 ^( c: h4 T
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) w' J2 d3 v, KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 g ^' u- t% L/ Q% b* nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
4 N- y& Q0 J- E+ ]# y8 \Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* g, v! k" I8 m) {' oOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 F' Y7 y" Y5 \. P& ~And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 }4 e, B# @; B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ {/ d4 \2 _1 }Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' _; w3 s6 c z# ]
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 P& t$ K: B" ^ O- R3 DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 J j4 u; R* f5 G4 R
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 A; g P3 X) ?+ U! {9 H+ V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' G/ z0 u2 M" C
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ r+ L1 D2 y, Q" D9 [7 u0 \# P
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ E; a0 V5 g- s0 t7 R. |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, @4 g5 _/ [( K+ w4 h5 S
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
$ m+ m* x5 ]- Y/ K1 I----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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