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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) T' A% \8 \) w' a6 O! ]When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
9 ]3 p+ B8 Y5 t6 l# X0 U4 ~From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 u0 c6 b! h3 d% A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
9 ^ _( c" m0 {3 e$ o: u# o @/ zHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 i/ `' g* V0 o& xWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& J; B6 }- Q7 I1 DA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 n8 ?- \9 h8 M3 |5 M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 \, H9 x, w6 R8 [$ e% j0 u8 e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- l$ R" X, Z$ t" Y' A4 a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
& G5 |& ?* m! p- l9 m: pAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" m) x# F* @# Y$ t: TWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
: O+ z2 v. ^; T* r5 HAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# T0 N. ]2 t" i, H8 b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ ~, c" p, O2 t: Z j4 c) m( L
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,; v9 F* G4 \8 y7 R' A2 H
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
. O/ d' f; r( i, v' ~1 rJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,, ~: I6 H1 q3 ]- O1 S
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& b4 E P& k# B" t7 v) y; b iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
( L! s+ B" m# ~- v# C1 [And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 i( ]4 \5 f4 t C+ DGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ s$ t# |) y! x* H3 x. ~1 V l, F ?0 S
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 o1 N' E- q( o" U% ^5 p
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide: o$ n0 @# U. Y( R; a1 W3 s
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* ?; s5 m3 n" A, _8 L2 j
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- H P L, q1 p$ U5 R# J( n
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.# K0 l% j" X- S8 k w- r# K
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& U D7 N9 S5 cOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ e8 G4 O& p; B+ A+ f9 N6 `
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,5 c/ b, @- r; Z+ q* k: H: {) ~
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.& d. Y$ R% M5 H3 w5 g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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