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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
" Y$ d3 ?" E0 X/ I) I: UWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) N) q. T6 D1 I* AFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,& R y8 p5 g7 _
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' A ]5 z- J5 x' `- H% w
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" A& i+ R4 b9 [, IWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 n+ g: `0 D, y$ @
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; B- _& d5 d; e. C
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 m" F6 S7 n& V% g6 u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 f: s6 F& r# CHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ @" s+ |' Q L" j5 ^3 l; C
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
* e) Z# c- ]8 g; M3 g1 @; pWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,* w& j3 m: O$ v( F
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; }5 w* v. W# }4 K) @1 |9 c, f
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,' w' P4 Q! B+ P. D. t: q% {9 m
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; S, A# i3 _" d! g% t, p# LThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
9 z; l+ |( V4 C" fWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 S* U+ V+ |% m# ?$ ^8 A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,; g7 u8 n# S; y) c2 g
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
/ g; f1 p: r! q- T6 y( |$ UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ i3 w3 D: G- }2 l6 H( z1 ~And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
9 T( J2 e2 U' D6 mGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ d! q% W* Q' x- q" ]# W# O( [Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) w* t# z7 X& w+ b; F$ h5 qAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide+ {8 S$ {! `* e/ W+ V5 H* @
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, z+ }+ J# Q2 D4 [
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! o) C' E0 o+ e& ^ FFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.9 f& u; Q& O( f+ _2 k( T+ O, l
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& F7 q0 H( h( x; T% q- E3 IOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. k* f8 n, M; Z6 u' \# Z$ \3 U% qFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
7 O, v/ f% ?# t$ ^1 ~% P7 YBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 O, ^# P6 z v% F* f6 j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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