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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 e& q7 C& ?! z5 ^When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 R/ k& f; N% R; u
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 A1 @; q; t) _And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.$ j- }& u0 l; y9 g, A6 |
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ U/ g& s6 ^! P: h. h' x' I
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;! w. x9 g6 T' ^; \
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' B! x. j& n" B" o
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,- R& M7 E" C( J
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 c$ A5 P. t! y! X, K8 D* ]Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' f* X% P0 w# k# Y7 G7 `6 c8 xAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* q4 N3 T, M* E
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: L* [7 K' E4 O9 I( V% {! _" F
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ r% S; I4 a. C }. rWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% ~$ R- `$ W1 s9 J- P- B! \Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; R# p) S6 X, @8 c D8 v) U0 uThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
4 j3 S ~' t3 I$ y6 ~7 V8 T8 RWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 O1 J( @3 Q6 u6 DJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,$ w+ [" q! N' a/ a7 G+ {
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 c7 d. n8 b2 k; BOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) e! _/ q: z' T% _6 G' P9 s" DAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 p3 g4 u- u* W7 |, d% _
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' ?6 U( F3 a' b3 G/ Z7 DSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 g8 H% c$ N3 T* k2 r3 y( i8 s
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide+ Z- _% ^% e! R4 I; ~, T* O7 v5 l
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! z0 n O0 W! J) S. c+ s6 v* W6 UIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, X' E- Y9 x. N6 F/ wFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 \2 X3 i! j3 R: D0 i: J, aHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) h1 U( b( S2 [( p4 C) }" P: c
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 D( v, X4 V! u. M, J6 i9 ?$ SFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' [9 q. {& [& D+ b5 R
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.1 U$ E) S- w: B7 z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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