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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
" Q9 [& H5 P4 Y- r% B+ {When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,5 _. }0 P! K, L. @2 e- d* _& f
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 K9 {- c; |1 U& Y& v9 U% O( @5 |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., v$ |/ l2 }. l: P. N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 I2 Q- }0 ]0 d; z( ?Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 K! g: y3 H6 t- P H6 u$ |
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( i1 L3 z- L2 sWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.1 ?$ Q2 B2 ^7 F0 E. P
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
1 G- x/ Z4 A. G1 ~And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: D) V# J5 c# j+ m& IHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;" Y T( t7 N, `! b
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
. ]6 i; x' c. ~% G1 OWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,3 \- k2 a' I2 z5 G+ D) r6 ?
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., W( q4 v8 ~' V- _1 w L7 n
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
9 Y$ V! [- c& G( t9 c- R+ j- eGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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7 Y- @* M' g& d7 n' V% pThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
$ [' J* v' U' n# M3 Z; @7 VWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- w3 y/ G+ D0 V4 v1 X P7 c& S
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% y$ P" j7 [: LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: b o+ c' S( a8 GOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 a: f# j" U6 qAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; {" M" K- X/ j, u/ B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' C2 Y2 `- V; c; g3 g* J
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
) k& l- w! z* l6 x4 f8 ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
$ l: x1 V6 f* m7 i3 pIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 \" _# R3 s/ P, BFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& \/ ^7 _+ a) QHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 L( y: c* b4 I6 C) l
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 C/ [5 i3 I- L. y' z3 JFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
j5 l6 i9 ^, r2 k$ B' bBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 Q* d# i0 q' y: F7 S+ E5 W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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