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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ Q, c: b- Q8 U% G. b/ \7 W
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,4 w0 p9 W3 W2 a$ H5 G0 ]: Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: W% i- @7 ]0 y) n! |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.3 N, J X& V% w; i& e* q
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ W+ d- m, G. a: @9 U( ]& ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ n/ M; g" J& j
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 S; }( v+ \: N& d
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 R" q+ w& D+ u- T9 w$ F
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,# ]) V9 Z0 L @$ q4 @/ Q+ P
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. m" o: W5 {3 J' o. QAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
* D% K O1 \9 T7 YWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 W: T2 P3 d7 M6 l/ p/ T
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( S4 h( B5 x A0 p$ e* q* e5 `When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,$ }& e2 ~4 [2 q5 t: r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 Q/ x' B S4 d1 u8 Y( ^6 k
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. Q B ^! x1 W' Z2 aThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) m I9 Z/ ^4 S* t4 l. wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 u* [2 z, d! lJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
( e; b. r6 S: M* KKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 f k( |6 \( M, c; }& x& L" ~# POn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,! r1 _- n7 l" l( T% j! }1 ^
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;: X; q( _2 m6 }- [! V
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; {/ ^6 I, K1 n& E& i( W1 m
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.) Y; n% ^+ D$ h( U. W5 U' r1 `, B
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 |' ~5 k! o7 x5 {3 \8 R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,9 L4 b9 @! V1 |4 }( M
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! w( T3 u X( ^, p+ F- A, e9 LFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 q& H, b6 J/ A! K8 [Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 x6 |: v3 a: Y; [- t5 VOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 M/ n# E: _ n" X( q2 b& bFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 h8 l/ Y8 i9 y1 w4 N$ G$ WBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& l2 M0 g, Q$ ]* S----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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