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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, D+ x2 C: S+ ]( PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 E+ @- ^' _# @0 t& D* v4 dFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 f& F0 p% q# \- G/ H1 `& p
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. v" @% J. x& _) j. N8 p
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! p( {/ Y0 y: h" W8 X" RWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
7 Q/ c6 j$ c8 ?: yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
J, F1 B! c, L: `4 rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& S/ [' G/ ~$ S1 j
% ]7 a! `* K( t& t b9 KUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ `3 F+ C0 E, R/ z7 K/ QAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 [1 x; y7 W! l3 ^ N. L
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ n8 e* r9 T& N. V' ^6 d4 v
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., I" F6 s: X- o" O: m8 k' h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ N( X) u. Y) J2 I% F
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 Y& U7 S/ ^! p7 x! n) {( UWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 @) \% ~3 a7 u7 X; {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,
9 ?* H2 W3 o$ F3 d0 kWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,7 c/ f9 {) |! p, Y [7 N+ T& g
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 c$ N0 t' z3 I3 D/ R9 H5 `Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
2 s/ ^' r2 n8 ~On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ x6 K; P u0 z9 j* o7 Z8 BAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 @/ }2 z9 Q& y& gGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,5 i. C3 w( Q; g+ N, v3 S
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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8 v) o$ p4 r3 p, D( r" L/ SAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* H$ v; ]# o+ Q: z7 X7 s+ v. qAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 `; \( ^! `7 l" Y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 w; e; v+ J( v9 e+ e/ s. ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 d* r; q" `! N9 N* e% SHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
' F& M4 f# U0 ]# uOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;4 {4 V% a# i; k8 {: U, e: H
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: Q* ?7 u( K* q' EBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& H. F: M0 k6 s" b----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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