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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 Y# }/ o8 n! HWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 u" @- E& V$ B4 @* J2 s; d! |
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- m/ q5 Y/ u7 b% S
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) p a% g, a4 \0 DHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* A9 E- i& |( e2 J( h9 Q/ i
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' X/ Z5 s. w. |1 v) x* C% \3 Y! t
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) Q2 o9 F5 P6 s: l) H' A
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.% Y2 l2 a7 c' H5 F" r
' r: Q8 v0 R9 t, S# i. SUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ {$ O4 E/ f* H- RAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 H" c) v5 e4 K9 uHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;8 l: j% @; G1 l) j
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
# w" ~3 K$ F* w# ~2 pWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,7 }1 Y& C( R/ U& ]% h
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- n3 q1 P; S: Z1 v5 \When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ ]9 o/ z# t7 ?- Z1 A' h t GGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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: [! j" |* r2 r9 PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 O8 h+ J5 y6 H. ?) zWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 i& v! t% p/ zJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," R" I' s( X5 Y6 }" W
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. t# |, J" Y: w; z* G5 IOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,( n7 G9 ?8 j2 H! Q
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! U& o4 M: c8 l8 K+ C: h: w5 H
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,7 _$ G0 w+ c0 _
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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! ~* ?, Y) C' R( RAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
& ]5 G. A" u4 c. |! sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 I% I- j$ D2 zIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 F4 p7 K0 |2 ~5 E
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( p) w! O) J7 m w8 v0 p
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
% y4 h: f: r$ n0 a2 T3 c" j1 BOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
& |/ ?1 z/ q$ [0 a) U( }: OFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
$ ^; D9 C. B( K7 G6 r5 o) F9 ?Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% D+ q/ S) d; N3 N' H) T" u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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