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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% |: A, k& X; _/ V3 w
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) u! l; M+ q+ I& d" r4 A! _
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,8 u. V! N9 e1 @( {! ]4 d
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 ^0 U* t/ l; }. q) z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ b$ C( i' b5 |& S# q; P1 sWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
0 Q) P Y0 ?* X0 [/ ^* [- |A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,8 I$ `) `* ^( U4 m$ l- n: c
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.9 Q! `/ z! B1 f2 T' ?
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" p. C- {+ b7 X7 M: \, W4 NAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, o/ M# g/ E; A9 FHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ {& ~0 x0 j# X: ]- w4 k
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. H+ a# Y- n" @! [6 I. _7 e! u
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 _: r, B6 `9 Z, j, v
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; G1 v; L, k- e- {( RWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; X( Z1 X+ x" ]* OGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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: p9 L6 v. Q3 m# CThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
' p3 ?# w% t9 L% g7 L, d; q( gWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,# ]# _/ b) B0 e! S) Y) ]5 [
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
: t0 N( v- k1 P2 Y& E5 S, LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& n: x1 N8 v) F" R7 h$ e5 J; n1 WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) V! D* X3 L, B7 H& F
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ U' h! X7 x5 @1 g6 O% [0 _, Y& B* tGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 j8 k& u# H. G8 G
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 s# ?2 r" F' \5 Y1 M% y
. B& m* l. B3 mAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 N' p5 G5 @% H; Y! N; z- g0 tAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; ?; m9 I4 e, M& f
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 B/ s7 ~# D/ \+ H
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* E' u& i2 {8 q8 O7 D9 g' g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
; D2 G1 e1 b# ^# k* ~$ A" X$ D5 ZOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
2 E( |1 {! G3 V4 w# _9 LFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,6 Q5 l0 a# S& p* ` | \% ]
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ A9 w$ p( B1 m7 I7 _: R$ Y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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