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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 Z D0 i: _& X) @* k% j7 ~
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
; G. _* y0 U( r4 x3 U# \/ ~/ TFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% V* y3 A$ B/ _3 E) T$ MAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 Z6 x4 q3 V1 ~/ A0 e6 X
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,( P4 _! u- X5 B9 [# a$ `
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
d$ @1 F- y L8 |1 oA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 i* y8 }6 T& y J O. }$ }8 t
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ b$ w: S' \" z" y' V9 fAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 c! j6 a0 b" U- |* V" K& qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! P0 J6 `7 M+ Y
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% W) c4 x; t; B: L7 l% eWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
M4 {! C' B, `9 E( n& h$ hAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
8 V) S1 [) \5 s5 J& b, ~When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 |) O% r, x' W4 z) O; j1 j+ k$ _
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
5 h% E" B. V( R" xWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ o" S0 r0 ~7 f2 K
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,' }8 D2 w3 G' _( q6 Y6 ^- Z7 r8 v
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ d* C Y9 r9 t: W+ S, z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ u6 ]& ~: H" F- uAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 p; ?, b7 j; D2 H! }6 X
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
T, X: u+ I' i/ hSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' n8 P& z. @9 O& i: _0 U) W
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; I; j+ w" o8 q9 xAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) V2 I( W+ }1 d9 `. d/ P- ]3 g
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; ?6 V7 B% }! N x6 W; mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: h+ d {5 ]: n1 ]Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( n m" u5 I1 |7 S& g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! r8 e$ ]8 Z7 F, B- W3 s( d; hFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. \! D I3 ]& c9 p6 c* S6 ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 l a& ?/ S5 i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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