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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
* k# y3 C2 [" {When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
& r, U: K8 A M! w; B4 O; UFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 T0 \) O: R( [( NAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" Q3 ?% S! \, wHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
: P$ Q( X0 a/ t d# CWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ e R P, \1 T7 r9 v
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' E" D! J1 F# e) Y2 c; JWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 _/ Q- C" V0 Z' _1 [1 A, o
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
) i! j, U) x- ]7 _+ o; W' CHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 Y9 B+ Q5 J& {! D3 b# LAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! }, q2 h; K/ R% b; Y, S2 MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,5 \1 [/ a0 [+ ~8 b& h3 U
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ j- e- X) }) q) ?' J1 E7 o) `0 t. AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ Y/ R0 ?. M# S5 J! v7 `' ^" OGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.) B3 H0 G5 \8 I* f# u, m; a/ J5 E
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 g9 c" O q4 H- B0 n( \! U
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ q' n: b3 I v. CJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* ~) d. i4 {2 D9 G4 m9 K, jKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 r4 ~9 n% q/ LOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& C6 H A. f4 P, z: QAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& }7 o& N; o. N0 D s1 L* P
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,% |2 ?* j, E5 V9 k2 Q" n9 F
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* H# Q5 I' P* W0 N. t' X
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 t8 }8 R0 j8 r: JAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 z( x/ [- t nIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" ^+ N) z- w' G: S* [. mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ _( [# v1 w- Y* T: J
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ W( c9 F7 B$ J% w% j4 s
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 v: v: I& Q! | {6 ~
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! F& w1 h+ T7 h$ a" \3 F; y- O
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 ~& h- J9 A" ~----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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