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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' d/ ?( h Y. [" \, G9 ^4 K
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
* F4 r: o3 w- E/ }From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- B r% ^2 o [0 e/ t
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# e$ r# r) a- m3 z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ u+ J8 ~0 _. Z; b2 e1 ~* f; Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' P* n$ d3 \1 mA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
$ N: w! H0 N( o8 oWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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9 Q2 ^& l+ W0 Q, x J( c; [Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) l% U( K3 z# s* [% y6 gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- S: X7 g( g) F# QHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;6 S( p+ {$ r' Y" I
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 W4 P% o! ?" D) u
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, V1 Z1 I, X! x' Z7 E+ z2 PAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! `& f! H+ C2 ^- jWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. G# Z% Z( D7 \: q/ dGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.$ y8 h: p3 G# G2 P
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 Z& l# J# N2 d& D. i/ [ Q9 M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 B& r& q1 l$ Y6 P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. l6 _; k) m7 ~/ F' p! b
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.4 N* Z7 Y4 O4 K3 K/ o& y3 ~
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: s. B5 V4 s+ E& W" y8 }- ?1 f* L
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;: h' [8 r7 c( Y4 T. `8 [. e
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 j, n5 r0 j7 L( i3 Q# ]. r! _1 pSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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6 W1 u5 i; ^; [- W7 y& g1 oAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 k8 o5 Q& M9 `5 w7 `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 G9 Q* U* q, p2 t* D% @7 O0 }: iIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ K- `" n9 C9 i7 [4 H, D: l
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! F) O+ J6 {2 U" IHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ \' m$ B+ K! |2 ^( j5 v8 X) o( w
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;" j& i1 U6 j+ X, [9 L0 J! U% Z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, k1 z D' e. [, z& P0 B rBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
% ~& d0 V9 s* D1 ^( X# F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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