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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
- L, s3 u4 n2 w) |2 \When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,% _; ]4 \0 _# ^% o! g$ d( p) d
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
# S+ Z( Y+ ~, ]& BAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 X. H6 d5 j* {+ WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 e/ }+ _* Y- t8 N- V4 Y. \
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' q& s+ }8 Y2 g2 d1 s, j8 {2 [A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
O. N2 n! J+ ^ [9 y% c' v1 uWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,9 w4 U- g1 k b' I
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! c2 U0 r1 s6 F9 rHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ Q3 E3 h* n! qAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, B' }$ V7 A0 f8 U u; SWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: Z5 t3 K; V' t$ J0 v) u
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- V2 U" {6 H& x* jWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, K m2 M, W+ Z3 H- m; fGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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' J2 e6 L' z- |6 OThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, ~7 n; N. V/ E6 J
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, b7 |4 j% @7 i$ }
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% o/ E6 A K1 y' Q4 N4 @Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# X+ k( F X* u* }
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 O/ ]% V/ k. d2 Z- m& i) j" O& y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( `/ R' i; J7 Z" y9 YGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 e$ R* k5 v4 k8 O
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.# x. T1 M6 a8 H* ~5 n6 n% a0 l) h
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, p2 O& i6 j5 A/ K; n. W$ jAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 v$ F; T) c' x- F. v, n6 tIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) q; X- v: D( p7 g' CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* N- N B( q7 m: S/ h' c6 Z/ D5 V# `1 `
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,, J) ~$ ]' ~6 w6 J9 E8 L
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. F! x h6 w- z6 F. L+ |) PFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 K e) L2 @6 H4 @) E/ qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.$ w; {! R3 ^8 P/ R7 `5 ?
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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