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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 }; O! N: u: ^4 E w
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 D$ p" ^" e0 s0 T! |From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ S4 j" C& J, Z- B
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 {) D4 r& o9 x; O* J+ I. JHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 G' z( m! m, c! y$ S( V0 P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! t# k8 z6 C/ P+ |A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# c1 G9 z9 [: b& ~Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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. H' u! Y/ }! OUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ O9 ^- i# G' \* bAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,& ~2 V$ @3 G l# i: t2 p5 N
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, h' g0 |; R6 Z- T3 U& G9 ?( TAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
# e' @: Q/ ]6 T, X2 ZWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; y( R$ L8 H4 m# u- S. fAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ K. W' b5 b% n- s' H, N3 c
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ Y+ q: j9 z" _% w' N1 p s5 I
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 k" `! H( |( s: W2 [- V; G: S
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," N* r8 T0 ^; o1 k$ H; F. v7 w
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 E! x3 w I' E; A7 Z0 [- P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
( J2 [% i6 `) ZKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.- R2 ^! Y0 l$ `3 ?8 N& Z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 [% a9 Y, ]7 n9 N3 G
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 q; h! B" h5 ?; ?9 J' r# SGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 K+ E" C$ e0 F! a# N
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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; L5 A. x8 S# xAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide1 B( B* ?7 q n1 ~8 y: _
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! o% i( B0 m7 N: c2 n4 w' Y% g
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* i6 k, k: Z) e- F3 M. ]For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) b' s2 O( w5 D) k+ C% ^Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ P4 B* x' A, S4 i: }$ `6 d5 o5 }On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 {# E' d/ U7 U( h+ WFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
8 K4 Q4 ^2 C+ R$ l: ]/ Y' ]Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' Q( V/ I+ [" { x/ o----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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