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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
& o5 o% n5 q9 L7 eWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way," u, o0 `# P$ C$ n! G# O
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ z* n4 Z w/ p- Z# X7 uAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.4 }& t) U5 W. d5 f4 a) ], \
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 x! r1 Z+ S+ B' T* b# E4 n# CWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. R/ w7 s/ q+ A. a) e: |/ T! O
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
. T$ i3 }$ X" @% |Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* X, d9 Z+ N. {" y& U
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
h: _5 s2 |/ C bHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. @" ]8 N9 O& H9 \7 _3 _4 u1 GAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 ]! ^8 K* }& u ?
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; G8 ]. o! g5 Z- k+ o+ f/ J, iAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 o& B' i/ j) P; e% PWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) D2 [' w5 A6 V; F) T6 Q' i
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 D# J4 Z$ U! s1 g$ w
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( ]8 _! X7 F: o3 x# mThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 t6 D& j" }, c
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 h! f& r! u: A4 D7 P' |" c
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 L2 u7 H$ L# T HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ N4 `7 ~# o* Y+ Q& @) _0 T, ]: AOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
n9 s0 D' n+ HAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;' @8 V0 Z1 |7 e5 p( `
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 n$ [% {5 r0 X# A: m7 k( k
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' H, j. L7 H1 t _
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
. ]# h$ T9 h2 E! z S9 sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% o# @4 |& V$ ^: i6 q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( U& y+ G/ u! Y' ]& lFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
' r2 r% H! a+ h/ v& n8 dHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( ?: @1 Z/ \" k' A' `) \* ROn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 ^: S, U# G+ kFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: u5 d: B/ Q% b5 x5 B! tBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. j' Z5 N. B* c9 W----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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