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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 o4 X4 u* w; o. M* |3 IWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
! B( R6 v) t& k" n) tFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ v1 W* a4 z; `- ^* C1 C4 M# g
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 u# `& T, [0 w
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 ?1 ` f8 K5 M7 Y& GWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ D5 K/ y1 y! D" {2 ~/ r
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& Z3 z/ P) [7 c! x, U4 ~Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.+ j- D5 ]$ q+ h# y( E# E- F
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ L5 ~6 x# v) y# p e: K
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' D7 k; S* U- K7 O. a# W
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 \6 k# d; `% X! v1 W2 E0 a1 C
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.' Y4 X N8 m1 g: O2 J+ K
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 Z" V! ]$ h/ n) B d9 B3 WAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 Q8 u. M8 U8 ^. a
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
5 M9 D5 w5 c- b# J4 ~Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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, B* V! A2 Z n S6 SThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,$ |& k" n6 [, R4 e& I. J3 l- R
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
/ f( n* K& n6 y- b+ i' Y, AJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 x' P9 o( Y9 i1 xKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) s) `6 t5 f& y* VOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 E$ V' D7 W* ?6 F1 kAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. o" L/ H: X1 ~3 G# `/ p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
9 d! X$ J; ]; I( Z7 p& GSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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7 O* {. Y" g3 v5 ?$ j5 r% C( |And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, U' L2 H B! X/ c4 R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. [1 F; ~; M% m ], K
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
& M! \* `6 n5 _) tFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 T- x, T9 B) S. [! t1 C
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: y9 \! z1 y. [ z8 T+ o. q
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ M" `" M, d3 ?9 i3 v. N: M1 t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' i4 Q7 J* O1 QBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 \6 Z- W+ x. K+ y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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