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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
1 i4 `" K h! V* i }( NWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, v0 G2 V( @: h# T$ Q: A
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ b7 }* d; g& e* s! _% C/ N
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! c2 O& i: K4 h4 d/ {0 i. h- R7 b
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,! o* R5 @& o& Y9 p; Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; k: i- m- J$ v# L5 n5 I0 W( }0 bA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 A0 ]) ]8 A8 ?! ~
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' H$ M8 O8 s& y5 o
~5 H y1 M* ~/ i( AUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
# s5 F9 J! \# W) Z. F# RAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- G& j i3 C( H1 a5 v: t SHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 h; X5 I) t" J/ _+ HAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 Q/ v. X" g( V2 g# ~2 V0 }- O0 Z ^4 s
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! f% g& T. P# L) x8 `And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
9 h% S3 r! h* F% e% i2 [0 QWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( Y0 j: d$ T. W% x5 @# y
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% D4 L) Y1 o3 q5 J$ o `
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ D* s! ^/ A |8 r; R9 G UWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ R' U* a% M* W! B* zJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 c8 h" n4 W9 }3 |; pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 p" Z4 w1 ]4 c7 [On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
" D1 q F+ Z' M& q& MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 p e3 _* ~5 [, K# ]7 C
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,8 m B/ n' ]# e5 g7 x8 |
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 wide. u* i+ M4 B# M! I5 s" ]
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 B. b1 F2 D- jIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 n- t2 o s9 x N3 X; t w3 J( }
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.7 n1 S# \& A2 U
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& m/ c/ R" p* [2 _& h, H5 O6 C6 vOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
( p: x* v) }' e1 d, \From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
p' z+ j/ V) g* f w2 e* }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ Z* Y6 o$ |7 L& r& \
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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