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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
. C% U% L6 U+ r2 _& `3 zWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ K K0 {* v1 |/ _) B+ A8 e( wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 c2 L0 _* D8 n' ~# I( ?7 s, y, q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
' _1 U9 J0 k+ N. _. f" w7 y, U; p1 WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. i8 \# z' i0 h1 w& f5 |( U" I
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 ^2 L7 o; M( i3 w
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 u% K& X+ ~1 w. ?
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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* D; y8 D6 r3 _" V9 {! g8 GUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 p& X: Y2 ^' IAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,: H b& A9 S3 x6 M7 \+ X, [) q, h
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 T0 t/ H1 b C3 j8 H5 c7 n! E6 IAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- j/ j* Z ?7 [
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 g8 \/ Z9 B+ b: z5 s+ e2 CAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 X$ n) p: g* U. ~9 H6 n* A8 W5 zWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
5 q' j% A$ j5 z$ X1 l7 ZGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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E4 ?: |) p9 L- ?9 v3 XThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,6 @" _, {) D j# c6 \: ~& J
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. M4 P" ?3 A& V6 e0 |* Y0 z
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 n6 P4 F* k2 t1 K% CKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( I! A8 e; X7 @On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: w" W! Q5 u( YAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ }7 _# ?2 K2 }* ]# W6 ^0 n6 GGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,3 V/ i4 g; T, D) \" d
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
8 G& Z/ }/ x( vAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 t) `" L$ E1 g# s+ Z3 jIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
: s8 L7 g5 v7 E* f( bFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; s- _3 c$ o# `; b% m
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. U/ H( W5 U7 R# d! ?8 H0 u
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 y6 a! b2 J! x& @% P: U7 b
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
9 ~3 f+ H( x9 x: wBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& E! S, S% j9 A, d: Z+ j----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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