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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, @+ u$ b8 u0 F L3 wWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, t3 j* n) D, A0 m" `6 w
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,% o: j- q* y1 d" A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
+ ?7 Y# p" k$ ^ W+ CHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 I0 h1 {- B( t) IWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' O8 R6 G7 m) Z: E
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 i# C4 e$ ]1 q' J% `- C: ~6 b1 n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ c4 @% R6 c. |( e: l$ |- B. i
! b2 q+ T$ r; |+ \& fUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: H- \$ ^* J5 ]0 H! sAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: w8 E2 c9 ?% yHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- l/ E" d. l6 @5 ?: J! S0 f: e- yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 @* [' J+ U9 L; {. J% l( qWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 S! j7 M0 q7 R/ R$ b, EAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
9 ~6 q6 @+ N3 G4 Z) d) V& b3 _# N$ JWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
1 \' w- n6 I- ^0 }5 h+ G! uGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
% l& A [$ L. b; bWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, Q* K5 _- W2 f2 oJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 ]' t; X N1 a; F- sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' r& U+ `" y$ t, P0 iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# O5 ~: X- [& i- \' |
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" K: U' |; V% r0 P" V, V7 eGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,% c; v. P; k" h: ~. e
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
0 z n9 X! q$ E9 z/ _All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 t4 `, ]& `2 P& U6 tIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ [- w$ ^ K0 WFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( ~+ ^ R1 G$ {Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) j; z% k Y) Z9 | k) c/ W
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' a! v8 ~$ _7 f) R; c; [% R: d2 H
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 l% ]) N5 K h! ^Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' H' N/ H9 e1 {4 u6 p2 B
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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