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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 |% Y7 y/ N/ X8 ~8 A( P1 rWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& S l3 m4 f, Q6 f, T8 s4 Y
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# C1 U" \) m6 `& F" |7 c" B
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
: M8 h3 l' I, ?" {% ]His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,( [# V* e$ n/ ]2 Z! Z: B% P' c' t7 P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 t6 C4 K" @: {8 o+ y! v ]6 z& AA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 @9 o$ s0 B1 o/ s, G/ B/ i4 g
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 S4 T4 b8 d( V* [ {; V2 n* X$ PAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
# t3 I9 u- t: ZHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 o: \: O8 q G& V: J7 F: qAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: ?) L3 `) a: r9 a2 ^8 uWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,* e% x/ q; Z( v$ Z
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- k& s& W/ v, k e% @4 M' I# z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* m4 y, I$ e5 o2 g3 x) {5 v7 g9 ] ~Good 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,9 q% C# ]' L; P7 o# r1 ?' A3 a
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
: V3 ~% r1 z- t* L; }Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
- Z+ a l& j& QKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.1 V& C$ J0 M) \7 K
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,1 q2 M C, }& l9 M5 L7 z
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
) b- G) j5 l+ I# xGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) c5 c" P/ G4 M8 l; z3 J: ^3 A
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 wide5 d9 _: u% L& E8 y o0 Z0 R% U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ F% n6 p$ y8 T+ W# y5 g) p" n+ Q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 ^4 T+ p1 G9 o* l, W+ k. CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
; G# M; l9 \& o% h4 }Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* Q: ?) W4 X, v+ ?! F
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 T; c1 q: f) B G0 ]7 L
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 @& a: ]. B: h0 G/ V7 lBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
4 m1 Q2 Q1 h' h; G) J- v9 i6 z5 i----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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