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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 \* d4 Z1 p% m$ B2 Q- u4 w: yWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. b, {+ z! E, a: ZFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,3 }9 C6 p2 ]1 I" h7 V5 }9 W3 h; `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 [7 N$ N5 `5 ?$ ?% H# WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, e6 f' ]8 ]3 _" ]+ ?8 x* B6 UWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ y) i, g9 |: T8 n, N' aA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# @) ?+ s! I- U: D b& z0 NWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ j3 c, b( A$ n" \Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% {+ @ b% J1 e( F" ~2 X8 e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ R0 O! I6 b$ } V3 T8 }
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 B; s- ~1 \3 I% q) f" S" c
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 l+ S4 A6 U" m) d: d$ C
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, D. ]7 F" ?; B/ c! p
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 j; ?3 K$ }0 ~. ?7 O" h: D/ W6 y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
4 r6 h* B% d& ]! rGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.* W* z" I3 ?4 o6 t7 L( K& Q
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,! b) ]4 c3 ~' s
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- [" N/ \+ L# s1 ]0 v/ y
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 Y, R ]& [0 L9 g0 F W- zKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
" ?. F% A+ {! c8 GOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
" W& w& Q* k4 K& U7 L3 SAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
. b0 I1 E/ v( c2 e3 O& ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, B( u$ [& Y+ v, _/ ^
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.# }: n/ |% |! H. i6 m6 B, C# g
$ A( V; i0 X r7 p" r- lAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide! j1 [* I' a8 v# O4 {$ w
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, U6 [/ ^% s* U/ q- fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' F6 a! A( a& K+ s7 l+ qFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 w, E# q: h! k4 o
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. y5 B8 ]$ O/ g, g4 S/ E( v& G
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
2 B8 ]* v! ]) f4 }# fFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 [+ I# a( c- M8 g1 n( J9 JBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
7 M9 H- i) _$ \8 f+ E4 \----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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