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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay ~0 |# h ?0 j& n! R/ n% e
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, \' R+ ]6 c5 y) M {7 A+ ^6 C
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ `1 a4 t) U4 P( ~0 |9 `& o
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% G5 M4 Z0 h; O8 [0 \6 ?His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; |/ Q1 s& W- W/ S! E4 QWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 P/ F* D% {! ^( s# M: A6 o3 U2 h
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 c7 E* d4 V+ J6 AWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& z5 U' K0 s& U2 L
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 j& U! o) w$ M$ L" \# u( D# D
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, J' k" U8 V: B) q1 ?* @& v9 yHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 W, I; @3 O( M0 z8 Z* T% b. z9 S {Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 w4 @- ?) T: m$ [; o
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; f6 i2 g1 |+ d6 @! v" \1 h, Z9 _And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
0 r3 m. g9 s- m$ S& j# v* WWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 _6 W# Q5 _2 V8 D
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ `0 W, |( e" NThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* n$ A! p4 f: u5 O1 ^Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ e0 G& f; k( [, W
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! @- p9 T( n: R: F' f1 h8 |Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 P* F( l$ [* y+ R/ |- m- c
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
3 t/ R% ?* v( m3 K J& W0 ]+ y! sAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# ^9 C) A; w. c3 T9 L2 X( \
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
5 G7 J9 c5 I8 H0 b7 `Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 r2 j) I" A7 v) u
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
5 E4 p6 N h8 ]5 oAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 ~) B5 ?7 Y, r& P0 s: sIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ c- {$ ^( [/ b* s* z ~% t2 HFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 M. \& K$ Z2 R" z% U- B
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# s! S: _9 F3 f2 z, XOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: h. V6 ]7 K% R" X; o( f$ G6 TFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 Q* x1 X" n# q: ^7 E$ R8 v* K4 bBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& n8 M) ~# C6 U% A0 R9 ?----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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