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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# O0 f1 T5 |; n9 \; j
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 |2 }/ y9 c# l! j# V/ GFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,+ u, e) F- |: U6 w
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 `" r q+ m& ?/ M3 MHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 h. x C9 M* ^8 M; C
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ l7 x5 [% {" h1 O/ a& {1 ]6 G# _
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: J" t8 ^: g7 c2 O3 a1 ? H* F0 I
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.- G3 F+ h! p( \
4 g7 r* m }: I3 P/ n5 rUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
& Y4 U2 Y! d2 N8 X% }2 \/ yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,9 L' g0 m9 N1 p/ Y9 X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ h$ @& i7 g/ @6 W6 aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
) {' g# Z( ], A+ x3 z* { i# gWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
1 I# O7 m0 H1 N7 N$ Z: g1 O: w2 X$ YAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 C; ]% H' L6 U! X5 E' l7 v. p
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* i) Y) I( b/ M" B) D2 ?Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 E5 U8 N5 W4 @0 g3 h2 X/ L3 ? c: n0 {+ u
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 P' [- B5 {" M9 I# O
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ U6 ]- c# A9 P: b! JJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% R* U8 o: c& ]+ nKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ S" y, x; f4 {+ U+ U0 n
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; M- C* }) `" X/ {, i$ z# }And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! b: z) l, E7 g* t4 i! h T" NGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
8 {% g8 e1 b; n: T* E- ^: VSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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1 k# r/ ?: ?& Y0 t2 n# }; bAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 a, a0 T: {4 S6 cAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( |; V( T3 v* u; m/ GIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
4 P6 [! l, R* A( D' y3 T8 sFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 @ p2 z' i A N
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. U5 y6 L8 s, `9 V) KOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 e; h( y4 ^& O$ z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: n7 U- A% d4 O8 V i; Y/ rBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 N! w( F) a4 i; h2 k$ ] \/ {
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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