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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, ^+ \# ^- s+ b% e( f+ h: [When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,; L# G/ \) t5 l T
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* K; \9 ~9 }. T7 RAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
& J# {' F* d& h7 _$ wHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 L- B- G5 z3 S7 n# {& ]Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ x. ]$ ^0 g3 F5 AA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; V |' _/ l5 q3 _) G8 y* ]- o
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ G/ s4 Q8 ]; L- G8 D5 VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 ?( K+ D2 ~$ T
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" x U' ~6 I6 `# T- Z* K+ IHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# [* h/ d: `. {6 y
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.& y2 }- l/ A- `: z1 I3 ?
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,6 O* v$ R& K9 X
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! B! K9 X7 G: b' l! qWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) B9 Z$ X8 T$ C: o6 @( a1 yGood 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 M4 |5 e8 {. l; R; N) H' f, nWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ X+ c3 n. T: J2 B0 j+ ^& q9 n8 l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 }; k+ c( T; I0 R/ i3 n6 k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.5 q! O; U' X9 [, }; y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- W' i- E6 L; ]2 `/ i7 X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ F! d7 t6 s/ w6 U! j; C" q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 h, I5 b+ t5 v8 f) `
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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7 w, t# B* R8 `, xAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 U. P; G+ t4 s9 ^: b5 B% ~All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! z ~# k' p1 q8 f7 S0 Z
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
4 J! {! A" q G# o7 B% F) nFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
" l% Z1 d+ G0 u1 yHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
3 J& x3 K. y: y8 |. qOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ \0 o% l1 B) y! H: I9 |' t% V
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) q8 p( B3 L1 a
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! D6 W s6 f: q$ A9 z0 [$ u3 @0 D
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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