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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
- H# u6 L2 k# JWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
& ]# Q0 y0 M$ c# H. C: ^From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; d+ `8 C0 J5 k) [, l3 x+ ^And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. G; y2 g0 U; I2 o( b4 X# m
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' a1 s/ u( a: t
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ e5 j3 \/ Q$ |8 W: [; |' JA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 S( S) v. J3 F/ n( v
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 ]0 [ R$ [% Y) ]; K& k5 D L+ j
`; o: w4 \+ k; Q8 KUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" Y7 k; }- Q8 |- }And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- W) C* R; g G) s% K; w
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ _/ T4 k5 J$ {0 k4 x
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." }& b( x1 Q& U! N' }9 J- d
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( U0 Y3 F3 L7 G* k/ e+ e
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
% x1 o+ w: x# m/ |6 W1 W- PWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- R* k2 p, w3 P% M( `, i. w- E
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.- i* [0 j5 y2 U1 G6 X7 H4 u3 m
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 y# L& x7 v ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; _ U" R8 E$ a9 l( I. {Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! ^7 k* P4 D/ BKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- N2 `# g9 p' LOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& L9 _- r: S: v$ x# }2 R* x. B9 O7 EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 b- N* x; k! M! w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' ]0 O/ |6 ~, S% c$ RSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 n0 F2 v& Q& H5 H) G
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide1 a. f' J _) ~ ]$ U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' `+ f9 G8 Z/ h
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,! [2 c2 g1 e+ n' ^# v
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& p; `) R; R& n' t9 A" @! J0 eHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* k9 X" {8 y4 ~' w
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 ]3 A! X6 x* l6 x% Y
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 F2 P& A$ H* k5 r4 @+ B0 _$ kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 \6 D- `- r9 l" b----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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