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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 o2 q. {- V4 W! x/ U4 \, FWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ k6 G; `$ W* X5 B& xFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: s3 }# o7 k0 v* d) k) G3 ^5 o
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
& P( s: V: ~* B/ r4 OHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
' H: h6 _8 G! ~3 B2 v3 e3 N# a% D) vWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! H/ [; Y, ?! L$ \. {A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
) W# ]; ?5 U3 G/ V9 ZWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ P5 P( }. g9 K' u- W, o
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,! Z- v" O* Z' w/ o4 l* J8 I4 U
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: m# {8 y0 i" U. HAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 e' f3 G6 [* |# h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,- |0 j9 k1 [6 p) p* Q
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ j- Y; _ w( E \ j2 AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! E% W) X# u+ c* g) ]3 R
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,. v6 w- \: O5 x& h
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 o9 N" e$ S; n! \
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,$ h& n/ {% C) H! E- \9 B4 r
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. ]1 B& n1 f/ h/ ^* COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. K; ^: p3 S A }& ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;- F8 X( s5 Q, f! k% ]
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,! o5 b, Y2 s3 a% v6 ^: W% r
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.& |: C0 b' c4 @1 j3 N+ o
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; b2 `3 A0 C/ nAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
. C/ t4 v; q E! H9 o; b+ K" uIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 h7 f6 o- w7 Q+ h5 y4 P! n* [
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 {$ b0 d u, ?& q' ]0 W; E0 @- ?4 wHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
/ X; r; S! b. v5 JOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ Q: f) f* S& J- v2 o7 R
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' c n8 e: @, h; X$ zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% r7 r* a3 e8 z) V' G6 `- V5 u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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