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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay7 j9 o$ w' `! n5 Z# l1 }4 s; T
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! h0 p% x9 T9 p# v. O2 {
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 b' p, `( ~( l& ^# n! K
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 d0 Z- n7 z- E4 Z/ d$ ]0 |His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" e) F- L; k% P6 Z7 n# xWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
. U8 K3 Z; K5 |. {6 }) S2 k( A B vA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 Z h; R5 `* Y7 U* g" c) pWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.* F1 Y8 C. E( k% A2 e3 a, u8 o
3 `' x2 G3 Z: l! s! i5 _Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: w% H2 @, n& K& f7 A9 t M- Y4 X4 ]/ e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; Z7 Z7 _7 @& R5 @- f7 ]7 k2 w7 \
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 h2 x3 [ Y6 B- l, V* mAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: K6 s& j" W( w* h0 _
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% Y, t2 U3 ]0 @" \
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ T# j6 I" @$ N, C
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# ] n4 x3 O( U8 C4 ]
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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' V; M! d3 y1 R0 x8 oThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! d% J$ F6 D5 Z, D5 ?6 rWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
: N; p1 J! j0 g) x5 S& `, Q* pJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) c1 B, P0 U- W2 j
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 t! l) o# L7 E2 i% rOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) U+ h) N: M, F; Z4 Q8 l; |4 r( L6 AAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( _# A# p8 B8 O0 E" J
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& x- C0 @ \$ {# g* ~/ \Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide% Y2 ^) A2 X# _
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ T6 H- _0 l9 O
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,. o7 } J b; I" n# `4 U/ I. H
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* j$ y1 }+ u5 OHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 u/ `, y" H5 F3 sOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. I: W6 O, T+ L& G- ?# _% _8 w
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' B; ~7 z) E& r4 X8 aBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( X' a+ C8 C# n
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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