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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( d: h) [3 d5 q1 @When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( _8 p0 Y, s6 n% U0 V' N5 lFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- \, \ J7 {- b; T3 D0 A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 M. U1 r6 f" U8 ~
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ t5 \$ t$ T w2 w' m! XWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 f$ o! A# @7 N* A* c9 g7 ^! q) G
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: Y! ]3 I) D8 ?0 kWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 ^. Q# U" m! P$ w2 Z5 Q R' r' t$ p
1 g3 A8 [! n* g$ v. I/ O DUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
; q: `) V$ g# s" V( x, ]# NAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: ]: q3 a+ C5 d9 z7 e( CHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 y: X/ z) W0 |6 f1 i+ D: x( `+ B
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% v& ~* z) W' XWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& Q8 N3 x; V) X
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 J0 E) ]3 p- XWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 B7 h2 H; D' E9 [8 O
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.: m6 G r6 w4 O" ]" ^
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
: }6 ^6 [3 X6 Z- Y8 G$ E: U0 h% DWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
# W: |2 y3 x* j4 NJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 X8 X! ^" T' o( G
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 j9 z8 l9 O8 N, l' J9 Z* FOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
( p, j$ c, ~4 p* a7 hAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 u0 [1 H* ?% Z& _Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' J1 G. T4 V/ x& v: p, [: pSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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/ [! s/ R/ S; t/ PAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide0 Q+ U Q4 K2 g( Q' \. S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 c) m z% `9 \* o
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; t. Y- b; x4 N6 l, {For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( \9 L: Z4 h& Y$ @% b
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
: k3 X( G( ~, ^! bOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& k2 _$ y' b& [, c
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
& j8 p# c4 n! WBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 o; x7 p9 S1 H5 s5 l8 a0 L5 z: g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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