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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( c% O/ O) H, R8 MWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ h, ?) T7 I. j" dFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' V9 i1 V8 d4 }6 \% M: _
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
, {, o) t ?' X6 L! sHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; ?7 [( {) ?7 J9 B! U2 K) C( cWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;1 }" i4 Z, e, b( J; W d
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,, d; Q0 M6 C C1 K3 [
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, B/ h& R" y; Y' x0 hAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 R2 @" ?9 v9 {1 v2 W8 S3 }Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 Y6 e3 N/ V1 c7 J+ n9 R. ~
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 | G7 Q F2 w1 PWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( r w. z4 _; y. g9 B
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) ]: d' p2 {; r! i$ t; c
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! y) S2 I/ X0 Z* d: f7 ^Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ ]2 P+ X5 \1 X0 b
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: N( F1 D$ K: C8 EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ \9 K% ?/ n: ?0 t
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 f; ~7 k N( ]- {$ W" N( B8 R
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
: ]9 G: M2 A9 ~& N aKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 _4 F% j; w9 [1 vOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
6 d/ |0 ~: k' f) `' l- N$ V2 _And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;) D. _$ h2 ~$ r& P# D, C
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 @' P, I6 Z/ B; X- ASuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. h5 L7 q1 v2 b- |% O. @And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide+ J$ w1 x- k# X, R# I* V; l
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,- V2 }+ r. }! I; Y$ R
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
% _! U! {3 M& a, T' EFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 ^1 g8 i! q: J
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 ^2 A5 r& v" W, ]4 ~$ H) n) m- j
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;, E. g u/ U# [
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 u- M4 J; ?+ ]% {- m1 e; h
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
% B' K/ M0 {' S% S----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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