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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay- u( y& B' X- _% w [
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 Y$ S2 w$ D! _9 o6 A+ EFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# L; _6 d7 V; O, F
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
' Q- f; }, q0 Z5 S& pHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,2 Y9 J/ q, @) }4 J! {/ k6 Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- ^- y% I. U4 h- b2 j! H% P7 SA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) |6 O& W0 Z+ }# a
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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1 C! L8 ~! v) qUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 ?: c t- s P& R' J7 m ~+ k
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' c% C B# {4 `$ M' T) E. [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; i# l! I- Y) C( ^) X
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. K2 k e5 a2 j8 I- z; R
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 F% B, }4 ]. q. v) f O$ GAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; |1 J6 o m6 k9 vWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
0 Y! v4 f0 l2 r! G! Z5 AGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.8 k! B0 e: j& _9 Z |
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/ T" C) Y! G3 R% t1 l0 wThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 m/ n. I% \1 y2 M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ f7 e. T ?" l6 W
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 Q" y" b( E. [9 W' aKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
7 l2 T: y7 g" w* ~4 X3 u+ wOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. T( O& S& B- b$ q7 t) N
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- m- c9 i/ B3 s) t8 J- _$ M- FGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) W4 H4 }1 {4 x) H3 ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 x+ q. w% l3 b* G" r
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
. H3 m1 v) \( L: J0 eIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* p( g2 E1 Z% |& t8 p4 m; t
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( O. l0 Y! G5 n6 u" ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
, z' [( P2 K3 f3 sOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
7 S1 f0 P! W+ N& a) UFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: W7 l3 l$ v6 a& v/ zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.) t9 O( A: w5 b+ M
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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