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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay. V0 O$ G. N1 |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,. k% } |- b* A
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
" x# j/ L" c Y$ @, I, B2 dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" | m" Q$ g! i+ I3 l# WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 d8 N1 Z- @8 o m- vWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& @# P2 Z& N6 ?
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,+ \) L p# j ]6 n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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8 c; u" d5 x$ t) eUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 m T9 v( ?6 M1 {, i9 D) I
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 L3 f; p( C) s9 {! e
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! m! ?: K) \2 o0 g' R# G$ yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.( h% P& e4 t; e* x9 J
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! E3 y6 ~) T5 a; JAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ |1 L Y2 r7 Y0 t
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( w* D; u6 o5 F0 I' c* O. P5 i
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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& U2 g& o+ y( [! g! O# ?There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 A- `; p2 U* J# V+ {( {
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 g! [8 t w5 mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- o% ?3 L# \0 F3 A+ d6 Y5 Q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& U0 R( I0 \2 \7 Y8 E, a" d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
# O/ `0 Y' i2 V! ]. L/ s8 kAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ m6 k, X( p) C' Z7 k) B; v
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# c, K$ m* m. W \
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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: d: o' w) d' M4 S. b- OAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 _+ u5 d* F$ V" h& n: Q+ `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, \! b2 {) ?% v3 z! f( {In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 A1 g+ ~2 q" e( c9 w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ l6 c$ [: F# c4 C# u; LHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 |* _& w1 n- ^! F' t) `1 V2 L" S
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 n6 V3 V- z, Y* I
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* p. e* b# I/ b& PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! c# j+ }# b' V( n M' i$ V2 H$ Z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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