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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; K+ c/ t0 m M7 }
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# `1 ~! u# V, x; \4 @: Q u1 \From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 n; ~7 e2 H. WAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
( ]: }+ N) S4 BHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,3 ~# m4 H2 H% p* ?$ B
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" A3 H2 k# Y9 f' f" a, D! N# NA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: C$ D7 C7 c$ S2 b9 BWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ S8 n5 E k; i B. \; h3 E" s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' y4 o; h; A6 A5 cHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 T+ I4 P0 L/ M- W! QAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
* n& v% V( q1 \* gWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
: S6 M+ {) {( s5 KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., J5 w3 `4 @5 ?2 f5 Q3 s6 f
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. A0 s6 d8 y1 D: @4 BGood 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,
( y$ S. Z" K& G, KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 s% X C) L1 o2 C8 g9 E# w b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,# Z: E% `6 {+ J* C
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
Z9 d7 S* }, s: h( `$ ]On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* E5 x8 m# u/ W) V8 q' N3 oAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 g2 X: T. R. U
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
8 u5 w$ ~0 ?9 @- W! j* [+ mSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. E. E4 y5 |' r% }3 g: v7 j! _
( Y% K( a* @/ `5 t. i! l! KAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
- {/ {7 z/ @ @- y; s# J% [# z' [All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) i# _- m4 I( u
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; Z. k9 j: A: L; tFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 s4 n7 E: z4 O/ ~; ?) L8 }' VHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ V% S! H# |( ^On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ R% p$ {/ B3 R8 \) v, ~, w/ BFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
& r' M4 L' h1 }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- }' l3 W2 R6 o7 O' e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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