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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, _* T1 f- B# z3 r& T
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ B+ e% x6 `! i" u/ z, b2 S7 n9 W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 I6 x2 x5 q, a4 u/ gAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 v8 f, f& h: N% Z5 }3 e) O. e
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! M3 u/ @1 h+ h: Z) v# jWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* D3 W' D8 q: }& ~+ s
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
! W( Z& r& b! e8 n4 I3 k: B/ X" _Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.* R+ }$ y, L& a# z1 @6 G2 i! k$ N6 N
1 h; n9 u8 s# E1 t/ eUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 V( Q" Q6 |) V5 S Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 V. ~: ]1 a( fHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;0 l. J0 T5 @/ |) }2 D
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* E: R; ?. @; _+ H& ^0 m
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
b8 Z8 F4 B" J$ _; HAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 a8 X) N) N- o; l, C% Q
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& d5 E2 I: O/ w9 rGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 e5 v1 X C$ M* n2 F. g' _( {
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4 e8 \$ }) S! ^0 N4 \( E/ xThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, z( |) _ |: J% c/ W" T
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,4 H6 C9 ?* a- d( I2 w- d
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. [8 [& r' y8 }% Q% p ]7 \: E
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
, d0 k0 f$ q; E% v8 b# IOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 f A; i9 M; Z% x- @* H4 t3 K hAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# [' Q3 v( ~8 a/ X6 R6 \
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 F) ]% f: T. ]
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 n0 N. }. l6 j( D+ Z( @
1 _* H: p. V/ JAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 b/ U+ @* Y: T' PAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
2 p; F: Z( T- O2 I3 }In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( C5 {% ?$ v6 i
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& ` m( t- _6 }2 e: J/ H
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 d8 u- P7 y$ G0 W' x$ bOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;4 W7 J4 m. K0 ~* i1 x* c+ z" R: N3 z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! }1 [" h% D/ A. } r
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 ?, k1 K$ K( x6 h+ F2 \2 x; |9 @----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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