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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay- D' `/ j2 r" `5 m
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 p( W E, x( e5 p( N0 c" n& VFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 W; s, c8 D' TAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- T) T, M: y/ K @# S9 [; W3 N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
. A4 ?7 W- B8 B- V! w7 BWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# [; e& P5 O& t' Q6 `& o# U! ~A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
! b; _3 ]6 G$ i& x8 T8 N+ E7 \Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,( I$ P& R/ D, Y$ m# X
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- S8 \5 m/ {+ o: {6 e2 L) m8 WHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 i# C% O& D) d1 e' X+ c [' YAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.! C* u% O) R1 M' X6 R
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& I. L9 L1 J6 Q2 M5 V9 l9 s
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 a3 R# l, ?7 V6 z4 M- x) c# P* z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,8 c7 a4 O, \% G& }
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ g7 Q1 O6 h( O& E
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: c4 _ o! c; j4 j! J1 QThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," F- q# F" z1 P8 f
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
1 y4 I* h: B6 b/ P% I; K: [6 A; D% gJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
( p. u: w0 ^" q6 Y5 Z8 f, pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& H A% p# \9 V2 l) T' R8 }2 @
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
. j! _+ ]# C7 q$ V; \' }7 qAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ l/ F2 ], q# v7 }3 d+ N' pGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,9 R6 W" f8 @9 d0 K, ?; X6 y
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 wide
3 E3 G& d6 |, @# v5 G( j% R, O( XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& E1 A8 t9 L0 b8 d8 ~- f# D
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,# A, o1 W, G3 K% G* \! p
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
$ ~$ o, {; k4 SHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 i }0 ^) R7 z: g8 W; `7 |1 j
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. N3 M2 u' I5 E: fFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
; W0 h3 \* o& ~4 M7 NBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.& G% O, k# e4 `3 p& m8 V# `
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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