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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ b- E2 m: K3 `% ~! i% S( dWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
% t; H- C7 o9 w2 yFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,, R: f7 w% E( a! e7 W
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 J3 M5 u3 @) b- k9 f$ \His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,0 T$ V* s) _# P- U7 \0 T
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;) b: ~" ^) O! I" w$ p" B
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 J: d9 u+ I! XWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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r1 }0 D' r) J) s5 Q$ J/ zUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,$ Q- s3 q+ m0 l4 Q9 u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ L0 n( J2 o' j: a K2 O
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
8 ]% ~. `; P, E5 ~" E+ q) J/ |Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 `, \2 W4 C5 D$ c% EWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 H6 m( [. w' S5 p/ I
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.0 x3 L* u8 `9 h: f% D1 S3 w
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! k" x; A5 i3 o& \8 o
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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% M( h- u( e9 g4 WThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 o0 d0 C, H8 v2 wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
) A. ]% i$ D0 A1 N+ g3 B iJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- p* E# s+ Z o" n' x
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% P' y6 O/ s1 cOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! ^: u( M) J9 l) JAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 `% c0 _4 h$ H/ fGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,7 W. K- Y- A' B3 v& C* ^' h. p
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( Q0 i) X7 h6 U5 @/ ]
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& y7 t2 D$ ]! @0 p/ H
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; H& U5 Y# I. T
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,9 t0 v8 v% H+ K9 c1 n) X% @2 Y
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 i; x. [' l/ b" m$ P, a( j4 a
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
% f% l+ a4 k3 W, G6 M o) nOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
; j ?! y( a( BFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) k4 z H" [& z- v( J6 u* G m
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ {+ l* y9 O7 t. z c5 V----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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