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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 Y2 p4 g, t4 b0 k# n4 c" K& _% J7 pWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 U* r* P0 i; J" B7 v( g/ v+ jFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row," f* k' H2 ~! `2 L0 l$ E6 x
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 y) Z7 O; a5 `) ?
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' G4 F& N$ A2 l$ ?/ M# n- w
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 A8 Y2 k5 G% h2 S
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' A+ {$ F- _, _. M* E% ~* ]
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., N$ e/ L/ e9 j, {/ Q' L0 F
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 E z# i* l6 ~: d5 l4 k3 J+ Y9 jAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 w3 h6 \( B" H* |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
& T* L q- d; R8 o9 c" @Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. ? } e7 \; D) n
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- _# H3 |4 |9 l5 j; D; [% aAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' _1 R' y% C$ o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- a) ~2 M, D. ]% d, W0 `
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. f; e/ B a0 }. k9 v
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& `8 q8 b# s# B6 x d/ RWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 @0 b- Q9 P2 H8 @& EJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
m0 F: A9 x, v+ p* LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 T8 R/ K) z6 t5 ?: f. _
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: ]! ~7 _2 k- m$ ?) p# [
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* X* n& b7 J: J( c3 A
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; {5 W/ H% U" N% t
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 wide
+ R2 D. `+ Q0 a. m% t6 I# fAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ @* f6 B1 y. q& _
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
+ J( A) `* A% H( O: E; hFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.# k8 `; l% {" n& v; a8 e
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- C* [! P8 H# G7 B& {, [' y6 BOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ E7 k ]) C5 N" U# n! o5 f, S/ E0 Z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
% v7 ?9 o e! A1 [Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# I( n' L9 H m3 P----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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