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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) Y/ `7 b- g5 L* |2 K6 q9 Q0 a+ L
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& H( D& S( ], r3 z! x
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ W8 O$ G! i& X1 m7 GAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 W9 }+ g% p5 o/ l8 N3 l2 d7 x2 L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" h% T- A! _9 {Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- b: |3 h: N, o q! L r7 H4 O: I/ p* K
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
, m! e6 V* t% j; U7 C. P2 g# iWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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`0 K. r+ S& EUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
7 ?; m% L. ~1 H* tAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
. W8 c1 \3 e( J8 B4 R/ t$ _' FHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;4 Z! h- D x) Y5 `
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: w1 y7 y; r/ Y: s3 g6 c6 c% f+ _
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( b2 Y+ R, B& I, H+ A& t, A
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
0 m- a9 J& \, J/ s1 x. @9 j$ ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
8 m/ }7 [& W( c: KGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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9 K+ ?' \0 o9 R# v! `1 a& j+ gThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
# D. i; ^; h1 k1 `, Q eWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 `! l) o, M7 U) H4 P+ B8 PJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! V$ M6 O; P9 V) i# v4 VKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.- b( M5 U. }% t1 b: p8 o* p
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
. z1 H3 H0 k% D' l/ G4 y; e" xAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# I' K' M: ?8 u: s& a8 uGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' |1 d8 x: o/ `$ ]* ^Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* s- h6 {" K& I- [1 @6 E! S) c
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 |' u) k0 M( v1 z2 bAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
+ L' t1 s V2 n w% ~In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" X5 u2 F( j( u/ y. @For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 z) u& O8 H2 G. O
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( B x- k# S4 ?# { dOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ N: c2 `. R; G* d1 K# H
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 ^4 T" T3 ~7 ?( k2 s! i( K
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( j8 h7 N) a! ^5 n( ]2 w( ^----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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