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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& f/ Y0 z$ X3 {, c O2 e
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 i- X& @- V2 m/ kFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,% q5 h; U! [ F5 R8 T
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- \: n; T# H# V
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 ]8 q: _4 p Q2 o( W9 sWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 F1 x( b. B$ e( M8 t% v$ jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# L, K6 d2 R! c- ~. C
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. A8 i: x4 Z! X8 l W" ]
: E3 V/ W8 P9 n/ S& S, IUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* q; m4 C0 P+ s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% u: x$ {2 `; J2 q. O) }, S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 B6 x' a* e' c( e; B5 X0 r
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.2 B$ t- S ]0 M( d- {5 j6 N
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 Y7 z! m2 H Z" n7 W0 q2 DAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.8 j/ N2 l% I0 M+ O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 Q, u6 L% T8 @0 t" |& \, P+ U3 `# F
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.7 e: v" d( J v2 c2 S
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,6 h3 A7 K0 w* O# b$ v7 d2 e
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" s, C& r2 r SJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# |" A" \; O: E- L/ }) e& gKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; f4 ^. ]# A' Q$ G s# jOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,1 Q0 S4 f! t' n* n
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 f- K5 P' T. }& r+ T* H7 CGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,! g! R6 |1 l- \5 ? e3 V5 s
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 \/ n( z6 i! K, E$ |) |
2 @8 C# x; x- b) ^And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- z* H9 { \" y5 R+ h `9 K4 d8 ?
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 |. K8 @$ y3 ~ K. |
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& p/ ^4 e; o0 R9 @1 n
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 [' n' O9 j0 S
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( C- b z5 D6 `, G2 D8 K
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 ]8 V2 y+ \: s! K" z2 w$ g3 ]From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
8 d, g1 Z" ^1 [Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' R5 w# A% p; E' C# W7 H6 y Z+ s
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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