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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) a1 [( R3 V, v+ q# x+ b+ x7 ]/ ^# Y* _When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 o2 a6 Q3 g8 o# S6 s5 I. v; FFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- N: [. [& I- h" q' ^1 x. x" ]: \
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# ?0 M. B( e' N! Z3 Z$ mHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,7 _ q+ c3 n9 G5 t
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 h0 h4 x+ x$ `$ N" t5 W. s, ^A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 Q# J2 I( Z- x/ cWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* @2 G0 d" p% x/ L& t$ p
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* t. J D0 o! u3 E8 e; z7 G) K- k: {* u
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 [+ u% c0 f( j, v* |# u& GAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 g/ k1 ^: q1 y0 Z% aWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- F9 c7 [3 e; s- y1 vAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 M% B5 K9 I7 y$ Y' |2 E
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* s. b8 ]' J) U0 q2 U, g8 yGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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. w% U' B) a, m1 bThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,( S8 z1 `* ^9 l# g7 ?' f* s" y2 p
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, ?$ U3 C- x( N0 rJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 F$ E7 ^- h6 q9 OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.' i; V/ |+ {3 q5 p8 s- _4 z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," P6 L3 j' j0 e' p/ g
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ s- m; ^4 d! w* p" |# L& p ^: G
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ l" x7 O1 c- g' r- ^; b& v0 T- U1 W; N
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* ~ Q( P" T# \# qAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 p+ G+ u$ l& r5 J2 LAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
) U( N2 [. i: R" e3 |! @* b. L( JIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 t! S2 X# {+ F9 V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, [: \, @' ]" _* A; S0 u THand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. v5 F4 ]0 N8 E" \
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
5 O; E ] f* ^# @5 t! X# H5 k; l! N) `* ~From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, U. t Q, u* A# k. o7 ZBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
; D# |2 v: C0 [# k1 z. K2 x6 s; ?----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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