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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' S# _8 V. D6 a$ s* EWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ X+ L3 x( v0 A9 Z, e
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. m) N; h* K6 ]/ {6 z
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 @) H& T4 k" u! T% ^# }" uHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,( n* X( p$ f4 @, d
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' l% }" d f6 @; e
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,5 {- w- d0 i2 O, k! ^) L
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: x$ Z% A' O. ?* r. I' B. A
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% `- ]3 w6 j% r- \Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 z8 ]" S! p& q! @# L$ [Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 U6 n) w7 V8 R2 v/ d( C
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 f- t0 Y$ L" J( v9 @And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
9 t3 b$ n6 i; ~+ Y% DWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low," \- ^: n/ i2 y- ?7 F |
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.6 a" v6 U9 G7 f0 F4 Q
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! Y* w. @, g# {2 b3 Y( L; kThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 s- u9 @) R5 U3 k1 p9 O
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,' w M- Q/ K! I4 a) X/ s" z
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 s- k3 o. O# F" S/ B OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: s0 W5 X# x1 X$ P; uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,! u( {4 y: x/ B7 d# p
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;' ]) m! w7 @% O# e
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 v* Z7 \4 A1 F" L% j& M( TSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 {9 p" E& ^* C! P$ }" _7 Q, R2 u
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 {/ K9 U) g1 ?/ Q0 B+ f% rAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
' W0 m, @4 F4 \/ k7 V1 rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' I4 w' s w5 a+ H
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.# t0 Y% ^: g; ~3 p
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( u! d; ]" l+ o* i$ U4 S+ YOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ _& m. g1 ]" e5 N$ ]. [. f
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 t# h; ?0 U" y' B+ H
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 X* C. w; z7 J+ K, N( d3 j4 M* Z. A----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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