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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' x: W& V: P# X& [2 o5 PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,0 o9 M6 o( O5 R7 U' ~3 u' v
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,7 l) F$ J- D. s5 Y& B
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! y( G ?6 g0 V' ?7 O1 g1 W' DHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) o$ s, d$ D- b+ | y- ?
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- F* z# j- G6 ?
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 Q% z( V9 M( v' ]3 h) L" M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 y7 q m# o2 D1 \; i
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; d/ L1 ] K% _
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
& m6 i# y8 R" I7 J* m* J) u6 WAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
R6 ]( Q- ] F6 C! u4 p$ CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& p# m8 @' k) i6 ]
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 {1 O2 F2 O3 S* f9 W6 ~When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,8 y5 ~5 \1 e- J& X' P
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.0 m5 v5 i! h* K
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night, X& w/ b$ H7 F. Z! _9 q! i" \
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 \% _+ g$ V, J' S. B0 Q" cJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 c* y$ ~ ^, m K; y1 {
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# I) M, `* b5 J* }- J
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) n5 K" {* l- WAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
& R2 b0 y% E% n1 ^Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( ~- S M/ w: cSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 U7 R. G, Q) S4 y: n
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. g) m! P8 r: E# T* a
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' U/ S1 Z' F( f, r3 C. H) r2 B# Q& a: @
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' }: R* u/ B: X/ p' I* E% b' jFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) K! H/ R2 v+ k J5 v, S" L% SHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 D$ J2 w% I8 d, xOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
* \ m. t" d/ o5 x. qFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* O/ w! ]4 s0 ^# \5 l6 uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 x" V3 Y: A* f* v; n, u+ z7 g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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