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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
% w \: U, H b8 TWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,' r: q8 t1 Q3 E. ?% }
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- l M4 |7 g% D, IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 U- X; t1 b* O# b8 D& {3 ZHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
# Q0 z) L; s% bWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ C: {2 J% W( ~- A+ G" m( d5 x
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% Q9 J, I2 o4 _Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.: W5 y! O3 b' W/ }& H) B
# F V7 _7 D* _Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ o0 }& Y7 B u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
n' x. Z' L7 C' X& L& fHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 m/ |; b3 |! q. [, ?3 T- LAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 u$ r; Y$ w6 k; m7 g* C1 R: q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 w! Z$ _4 |8 r( B K2 |5 sAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" D$ |4 C( B9 v! y* aWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 |0 h& g) Y6 e
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.0 D+ A1 r, H$ t
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5 C( L! L0 ?0 X" N8 N% G3 kThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 Q# n0 X' T8 m8 q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 T; D. G8 ~! G) c2 `Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,' X" k1 K" L& A# \/ Y! I7 l( t$ K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 N1 s" R# i* o& r2 O( @: |! lOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
2 q$ H2 s1 K6 mAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
% ~ m1 J/ j$ _2 s+ j P9 r8 iGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 ^' d7 Z3 t: O. H2 F1 ISuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ o) E: Y/ a/ m d8 ^! X' @And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, v2 T( u; S; p! Y2 q/ LAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; z6 q6 L; o+ G" {2 d6 q8 _
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 Z/ ^4 `& Y# m; i5 }2 \For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ w' U! y' f$ L1 t0 E; D
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) G c5 u3 O. Y3 N8 p( LOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. D* b! J- C7 e( YFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,$ c- l! v) q A8 h6 T' J8 V
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 M) q7 K' m5 W$ W" s7 y- v----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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