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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 N0 N2 n, R; P; @9 R# _3 ^When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way," ~2 }. M2 }/ }& ]
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 N) J6 R' a/ x+ ?- b' }And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
, Q2 R4 ~% K9 tHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 ^1 a3 g% j0 p7 N Q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- }1 j# p9 Q7 r* [* D' oA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,5 W m+ }" L- o; T; D- h% S
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.2 W3 Y: ?9 ~6 i! [1 _/ T) s" k
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( z: j" F1 p+ UAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,$ y( W, C% L" @" D
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 b. R6 V8 F+ K0 g1 DAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* y+ c" {7 m2 X8 {1 y
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* P$ a* g E% V5 Y7 c$ ?1 FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
7 s3 ]8 e8 F3 n2 Q& _, U/ V7 CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
2 C/ F7 ~! i) ]Good 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,
c! x- x+ y- j: }6 qWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 E6 @& y# ^' \/ v# e3 Z
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, g3 V% d8 ~* A, i% `/ CKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ j- p8 @6 Z, A8 F3 Q
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 _: l1 A! g2 p5 aAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; }% h9 \0 q" D( |1 m
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," Z8 J7 a9 m( f& J/ n3 \
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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- X' z) J* ~8 B: gAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 n& {: h+ W& J6 J, h2 iAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( G+ Q" R$ O0 ~
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 o4 @+ ~( d& n. RFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 ^' {6 e6 C2 r3 i' h3 UHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. F: ~% N* q! Z, V' f, OOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* f% o9 M. D0 |: N. q
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 [/ B7 f7 m0 X: z4 l: D
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 B' M& ?* {! V9 B; |
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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