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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 E2 Q3 ~# v9 {9 N+ JWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 L0 R" S( ]/ C6 T: \
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: z. m: n' J$ W# y) Q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* U% O+ G3 V3 C7 L) E8 L3 ]" gHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
?. g8 Q6 O; K) j! [Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- A! P G, A( t9 T8 `A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) {$ D4 {9 _3 l" q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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0 w, D1 c* a: S) W% TUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 B4 w* C4 ^7 \5 L0 E d% l
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 W) [# Q( q$ B1 n6 I, _/ e
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! ^) X# \2 s# e9 p# u* B
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* p. {2 ^( u! B8 ?+ N
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, Y1 A1 K% }9 y: u2 ]% dAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. X: }- O, F! r: X& ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low," z2 C, D! S0 [
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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9 x% d% I. Y; R4 U+ fThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,; `! z8 S9 V. Y4 {7 E& T
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
( n- M# K4 F0 E2 S, r$ u9 H$ mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,: f- r& e! V/ y& c. J; G" n; d: W
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( P! e. D- g- ~8 G9 X. yOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* w! d. c0 g0 U
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 c# K+ }6 |' P) @- O: U3 l, oGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 Y9 t7 x: w" w& kSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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# u$ W' A5 C& K( H5 }5 D6 O( wAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 x0 ^3 `# _6 e. _
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side, } G8 u8 {6 N! k1 f# a5 V
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( J4 v) L" q: l w# H
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 m9 X: k9 I( f* W& a4 j+ a
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) v3 i. x4 d; Z9 Z! o4 h
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ E" x. g3 U& O* |2 ?
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* G7 @$ S# W; @0 ^Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ H( C. @. L: q' q" Q----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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