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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 Z7 \1 H+ m. z9 AWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
- s! g/ f( i* l9 |' iFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# a8 w+ B) T# D0 v! h t6 I
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( ]# {: m- B3 N8 ?: f* E1 ?
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
& K. ?0 a! v n, X$ K- e( ]Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 p( ]; l: { D0 f% j& N/ G5 p" F( {
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 b; o9 l3 O$ s+ F9 ?& Z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
w0 k2 C9 c1 Y B) i8 b5 d. rAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ L4 X# ]* L( p* r( z [, S2 UHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, _6 w/ `0 Q" p8 A6 S) {1 YAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ r" O! @- U/ e2 GWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,- N6 T% n# c% a. w1 H6 O1 a
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( I9 i9 y: o1 O/ y$ E1 x3 j9 m1 IWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 V0 X. @# E% V2 ~3 o N
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ J" s* R1 j; m3 c# V) V) ?There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
4 l9 @8 P" q0 f7 m5 ?Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 ?( g4 B" w1 ]& T9 a* S0 v& FJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% K& [6 o/ ~; g- YKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
" W, z; r) G% q" Q2 q% c ?: NOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' K3 `/ x* j# |4 H" i3 i+ T6 I1 L# ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;1 x% q( Y/ i4 o# z
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: _6 E! x8 D6 ]% pSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.: t0 D) Z" |! K0 H2 _
' o9 d9 Y0 G+ X) L, j0 N9 @And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide8 ~! t) B0 F, E( @
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( i, W( H6 k5 s/ v
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 t, [$ x5 \% A( Q- M
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; `# X6 {' M, I# f% j1 ]- G, F
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 o, R4 c" `2 B4 v; R& d3 j
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. Q* v7 u6 o* w3 Y5 YFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
@2 c+ Z" y1 }9 U- m. x4 P _- }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. R! i2 V4 T, t- V1 u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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