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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, R: t- }: F7 p6 ^1 {When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 |# a9 o# B& x" C; D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
) P( Q+ _+ N9 {1 X1 \And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. p$ B+ L% V/ i9 L! q6 x
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' @" a: C' U+ s+ n7 S! p: j
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
P2 H3 i1 S& i$ F) rA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! G& Q- y6 u$ r/ h
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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# Z. m0 E( @$ n: x4 f( c: [* }Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 v8 B Z$ c r8 S, U
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; b f7 M7 @$ ]7 D. i. T8 J/ m
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;% \# }% [5 L0 J# S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.+ p7 `2 x7 M1 D, C4 \( X3 V6 j5 i
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 t) D4 m( S8 g2 M2 w0 X
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" Y3 b0 j# E. j, d. I7 }6 IWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 E' L3 ^. r! ]5 P" ~% P7 u4 e, U6 ~. zGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.) m4 G0 B6 z7 p0 B0 H7 ]
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- x1 P* [! B9 F( wThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 G$ {5 g; A! D" e& O
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" d/ i: O1 ^" C: M2 Q: ^3 c7 B; PJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
3 L7 ^9 ]3 P7 I" j& q% iKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
y, x$ T! M1 O0 M6 l$ \On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# N; u' |; h0 M8 j8 u9 d7 q
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* f) A8 K8 l x |' B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 I, L; F3 T1 n) J
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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( X4 m5 l% H% YAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 I8 ^% B3 K3 A) p. h9 f5 aAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; `' T6 g6 H( G; Z5 d9 c% |In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,2 k- A5 z5 o% ]+ l$ y! |
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.- W/ q( A* B. B4 ?6 B
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
+ e+ o7 p8 z3 SOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' T/ a6 Q1 q4 p4 GFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 X% D* y4 z' ]* K$ b1 Z! f7 f; m
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- p! o' J* ^- ~+ |1 p5 o6 E----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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