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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 q' D" O0 f% D% ~. t7 o& i) D1 F4 EWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. W) t4 U' U! u. k1 _From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' E3 U) X8 M5 l* G C# ^6 ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# Y# b _4 V5 ^. t DHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
q; K( G5 P# f Y; p7 |' N; d* |; yWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 Z2 c: l, D8 J0 U3 uA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: b. P8 _- p: P, P- v5 X
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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6 ^9 W- A* f. ]- ]Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 Y/ X5 j) ~0 q) b: _9 D" ^And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' {8 K/ U$ g- ^& |- EHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;8 S( |0 n1 \+ _. } x X) M
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 {" w' N8 |# Z* o+ w
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
i. U! Q6 t& U3 L" G" R) JAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 u) Y2 s7 `* Y& @+ @$ CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, V3 ~0 c. w0 Q; y1 G% oGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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) ^7 A3 Z( W: U' e! f, ~There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 c) F n6 w" h" r7 ~+ ~# x0 Z+ V: _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 l5 Q2 i k: O& @4 [
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
- F0 a' g# R \2 ZKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
7 i+ h, X3 I6 Q/ kOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; L' {) p# m6 B% Y: r1 d
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ l, w/ q2 m. u$ ^7 D! q% f( r
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 p8 j% a; }) _7 ^5 a, k
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 A8 z/ E6 n8 z6 I
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 k. M, K( Y% c: v0 d1 i0 H4 L( RAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
& m ?% M" U% X" L0 {In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" s) n% Q$ D5 ~4 D6 TFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- Q y5 T' n# T: q- |& m+ l, CHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above, d" G- S7 l: _# I1 P# @
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
# T; Q% }+ T4 e8 M6 EFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 U( l2 ?( z% f% g9 l, ]3 Z: m6 |
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# n3 j" t" x% d, `2 y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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