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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# S' Q) V8 `7 e0 C7 \5 q" W6 ?- [When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 g( ^. S0 o4 n% c2 L3 ?
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' [9 i* y; M# I$ `' Q, V/ R8 Z) a. I
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* w3 f0 x: O6 |- fHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 h4 ^( i& [* x
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ Z0 O% W6 W, t! v1 d7 J. J" O3 LA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) f+ E7 x# r; F6 x) A! \$ d
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' p2 S+ U( m. W& a
) |4 Y$ }/ y# [* [) O g b' `! YUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 _0 f3 l8 S p& `# F6 O: CAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,$ f3 N0 E2 c. T- c: r
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;0 U6 S4 B* g, t2 A4 p+ J
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! q3 c9 j, v# B. @8 KWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,. f# v" P8 U8 x0 U( L5 q
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. Q" j* N; w; s& S( e$ e7 M+ d
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
T) B7 O& T1 j. nGood 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,
5 M( n' e @+ i8 y; rWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, x/ [! [' Q8 |& ~: b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
u" u2 x$ T7 _. F$ RKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 t% r: u% C$ p. n, c" { E
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 d+ z" M! k4 N0 b+ p, b
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;% o& A7 j0 ^9 ` v- f
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
9 j* x D; Y, ~4 Z' fSuch 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
8 ?) o+ \9 B: x; N! [0 TAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. H( v3 X3 M. c/ t4 v a
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 X+ E8 D0 |2 P* W" Y- L; X: ]: z
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) w$ L& P; n/ i& DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 j: G4 q+ M) |On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) c+ p) t* }. }/ o- V8 b( f: E5 GFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 r [4 j: G+ w: iBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
E6 z9 f8 G# U+ F& i) `) Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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