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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) [" ?- i9 U8 z) u- r$ s
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
+ c: ]1 P4 X: U7 G. KFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# m4 y' X; E4 |# s _- L z
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# V! Q' v" b+ ]: m3 ? r1 Y ~- L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: @2 H& p2 t" ]! {4 W- T3 Y: y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 S1 t$ C4 F/ `" V. c( OA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
! q: H0 M5 L+ o( {" UWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.6 {% R0 N& Y, ]! ^3 w3 [" G* z
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,) y8 ?6 B5 q7 W* h" Z W
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
. t) k0 c/ |9 o6 ^5 {8 d) P$ O4 f! qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 g" E: f+ v# f' I" nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ f. c9 j- l. H7 ^- JWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 e/ e0 W- S" `' XAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
' X n* E6 S$ A3 D' [. ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,6 v4 s, U/ S! ?1 i: f+ h1 |
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.& G9 V* }9 q0 I7 D% W1 I; Z
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/ t% e3 l5 j* n- |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 A8 ?+ ?& u8 d3 LWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, R) u& ^! M; S7 @7 S0 Q* G' s) H, D
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 B* g$ [& e3 q; }
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
8 g/ _) m; |: uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! b5 Y A7 |' \% D dAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" z, R4 ?, S5 K
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ W( s- K! |$ ]) X3 a
Such 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$ R# ]+ \7 F1 ^- z
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,3 B c& }( \* d9 p8 y5 w
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; K5 e, {: A& L0 f- CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; ^6 |( q: W9 S; B4 X3 }' @
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,9 d; x# k/ f2 |8 H. Z7 _
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
; {! B5 y7 _; A& X1 ?. f3 jFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, q1 Q5 U+ n2 g3 g3 sBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.# d" H1 V T: x \2 n) F% {
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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