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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay/ n, J* I% _! s7 e, E! Z: w7 z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, V; [+ e9 F* _! [* lFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 R/ V! B' z8 R# m& DAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! k4 I# _1 x% ]- O) dHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* |- K0 u0 a5 P- N5 ^
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
7 F) R/ @. ?5 ^; H9 P, G6 HA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
6 i/ ?* Y' Q* i/ [+ }Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' I4 X/ C, y9 ]Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,4 P$ i, B( o1 F% x. k) {
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' P/ I. k' g; P! E3 E5 N5 y
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 X$ p3 t8 a! _8 G" D0 g2 e; cAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; H: e u# D8 ]1 ~# o: A. PWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- N8 x% ?0 L( T1 q# F. J% J CAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.* m9 n2 y, q! R1 H6 |
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) _( J0 M' a" H0 n) j
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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7 f# e* g$ Z& @- j- e1 `' OThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ r4 P. {) k4 ^0 aWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 @1 b7 p- h1 L3 v
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* ^2 H2 P0 l, \3 h7 W0 K4 p
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 y& [, _9 V5 X' ZOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
# R) q$ r9 ^6 J* ?. ]0 u) \% |And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; y3 H0 P0 n/ j) L
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 _+ q6 S4 j; e: ^; e
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 wide5 G2 a9 {& }$ [9 o
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 [( W8 }9 M( |6 o' fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
+ n. ~4 X9 f: i; DFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 W# `. j/ g$ g$ s# X1 T
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ [8 {( ` Y& W8 F; [# I4 @On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' E7 f& v1 P# }1 Y# k; h& r
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,- l0 Z5 q$ q8 q- _
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
* ]# [- j2 d( y1 U----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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