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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
2 @# A7 W7 Z+ f9 Y5 O5 CWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 Z9 q3 x+ n7 RFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
5 E( {# V8 W2 i) |7 gAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! b5 N! ]) M$ @: _
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, z4 n, p/ w. J8 f6 R- C# H
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;# y* r1 s/ u2 v
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ v' a) V8 {; A2 l
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
7 |1 @8 B: t3 G2 e7 ]: pAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% A2 H* A( l; M
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: z6 O: P N6 a& s+ x8 G1 S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: `, v( P! B' w3 [! q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 [3 \/ H, j9 p0 h3 FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ P& ?+ y+ H# c( f, Z4 e: I: r
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. Y) V ^( M& jGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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0 ]4 M/ p2 G. p8 X+ zThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
B2 L9 t: W3 `6 `4 V& F; V( x0 g6 `Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! u' a0 L' L3 lJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ l6 w3 R P) L
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 F& I: u: V2 D3 E0 W* t/ {On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,4 S1 l' H9 Y( J, _3 L4 N) i
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 t+ @" n c/ n( t& A2 u# G/ }' z
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
9 f7 s: E7 i' \7 O- U, Q jSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ D2 r. P; [' g; R( I* Z/ S
8 L( _5 j b' K W, g5 CAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 d( ^1 Z% F% I, D2 OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* I- {7 G( A" S$ ~
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 ~3 t' _+ k; ]2 w& ^0 Z0 Q6 YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& Z. t7 i7 E; D( h6 y2 Z/ x9 HHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 [" o5 ?: K4 x$ s( w9 d
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: n" ]0 o/ }1 t5 }From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
|. y) r, i+ k* B, yBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 C+ D( ]. U) O5 l----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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