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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
1 K8 {3 e! H/ O$ ?When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ r; C W% |6 V1 R4 y
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; h6 p8 P" u/ o d) Q. _- dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
- Q2 S9 _5 S. w4 B: Q3 u, IHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 D% X& ]; y7 X* @" V" ?
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 f2 q: s; p) S5 H7 I( _
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 O* ^# C% D- q% a
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 Q( q! G3 }9 n
4 W: D Y( [8 k) N" N% C9 M! LUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 Q& E% q; L. X0 a# h% U6 cAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,( ~8 W+ T% P. h) O3 S ]
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( \ r6 R/ b: }1 fAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 ^& F, M& N8 O( ?5 ]" i
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 _% ~- o; A j/ h' Y' \) |
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
' `+ `% J4 J8 f, ^. GWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
4 f7 `( @: C1 P l, ?; t k$ |# DGood 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,
. ?5 w3 p, l4 U9 J* cWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 @! x' g3 [3 h& k9 ]
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 {3 `# m& Q$ [% S$ o' @
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.% {1 N- ^& W/ Z! s
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 S% R ^2 C0 V/ L5 q8 R0 kAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
& {) a: d7 K8 C$ {8 ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( B n. ~$ v0 Z& m' k, TSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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8 k, N* y5 `7 ]1 m! _. tAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 t9 l/ k2 W* X; a. s+ C% KAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) `( \0 L, e" @7 a! f: K
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,$ ]. S, q: g! n5 v/ Z0 [
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ M; V N! x% T2 WHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( Z: B7 m( V iOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 O) X! {% ?$ W+ XFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! x, t2 O+ R5 K' q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- `; ]* v0 m2 D0 B7 G# b% A----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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