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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# A8 P7 A& A2 K2 o2 [% O8 d8 SWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 N/ F* z8 N6 [/ G* d1 _From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ a% ]9 z" x) G. Y& X" x% PAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* w8 L( b7 }6 b5 \& S) [His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! o; s& L( Y2 a4 o$ h8 lWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% L/ t4 j$ K; v# z( r* c3 g: xA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," Q, x4 m& ~0 b+ ?% \; m6 w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.; R/ A |! |; W6 \0 P% X8 r
$ n8 L' V5 H# f) r7 Z) o. H- NUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
7 h1 d( X' E6 [" x% qAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
7 L1 `3 X& ]/ c: `Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
; t+ {# u! M& x H* hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 Q y" G9 \( W H$ W! CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
1 O$ u" X- x1 l% A: T* zAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) Z8 h `' ~8 p/ BWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 \( X6 z1 E- x6 f! O
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,% x+ S9 x" k9 J: y6 K: ~
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,' h$ l2 S" W b0 [( ~- o- ?
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," X* n0 |- ~8 b9 Q/ W) Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* c d7 i$ z3 N* n& E$ @$ V7 j
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,! `& o7 V7 Q5 C! k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 A5 J; Z! E8 pGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, P6 H3 ~2 n( Y5 RSuch 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 wide
, W$ Z" m# j6 w2 M$ X& ~All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
$ Q% c& l/ I5 V: ^& f, }In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' w1 P8 K( r( }1 h4 x, E6 @9 r4 aFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 x% R6 Z, F ?& R9 i( {6 x6 IHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 p# I" e. R% F* h1 i+ o$ H3 Z7 HOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
$ ]/ L" M9 f9 p# Y7 X( K: s OFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 k, g6 u+ E/ y6 Z# bBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ c; l: n% i) S" m; G, R7 z3 z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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