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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
& M* o) ?" V% b7 k% ]% w+ v/ CWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 F9 @: B, A7 zFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 H4 b% w$ P. V9 y# X, g2 q0 m7 m% i& `And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( W# Y( o' U' t: [; f, w/ D( m6 n
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; B9 V/ H) C2 {$ N+ i2 h( v! TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;; T/ \7 W' p2 o0 u3 X l& s D
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," \/ L$ ~6 Z: G" X# _' J1 q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' m6 l N3 F# |0 I
% @" V, p+ @; ^5 t1 @Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 R; v) G4 u! c% t( z! P- JAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,( c" } q/ H) c. Y; u3 D
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: @; d L6 Z: U+ A4 ?! W1 y2 ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 ~8 K) p4 q9 Q5 @: L% bWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, N1 T2 s2 d, A" q! F7 n, c! XAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, w; F" w9 b# d4 X2 HWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( \: e; x9 _ v2 k# _1 T4 |
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% o5 q/ j2 b; D) d
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$ R2 b. e z$ D9 G% W! ^+ c: RThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 D6 u$ y' Q' s( H2 F0 {' Y; }
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 x" G: q3 `1 R# D+ O, V+ | YJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) P4 @0 D6 P# \: uKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% g2 k1 _, y) G7 A* s% Z# ?On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* X3 R2 s+ F8 r( l* PAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" a, |% E- @$ _' S. YGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; l* O% h3 t/ q) R
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 N+ z) t6 G7 q& R8 n* z E; M6 K
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 x& _. ~; A& J" k6 XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 ~- u: F) x; BIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ ~2 |. b7 a, k' zFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.9 l* n: O- h$ Y7 U. e' I
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 d) Y4 y. T3 u5 |) n9 N9 T! fOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. C4 A" C- F R8 z" T8 LFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( P B' \% b9 p3 @- M- b. YBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
7 D/ E# u6 x* e----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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