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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 L8 i8 |6 O& r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,% i$ ~, f7 @$ p! @$ y; d- ^1 g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
+ ^5 C9 U& K% J9 xAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
- j& ` Z# v7 rHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 K8 [5 j: X5 q' g/ Z1 B, E8 LWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 e' U a* F, Z. b/ X( g& f, ~3 n1 ?
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' J+ V( a7 Z g
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.* H% v/ s! Z/ M; v. [
5 m: u' c* u" c8 j' PUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) |$ X; B: T& c7 Z2 `And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 P" I6 Y" c6 f5 r1 f3 g
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;6 O7 ]7 V: K# B
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 e7 {' ~: E- \1 l/ d: RWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% r t& r2 a" o4 e0 Z" X' a. ~
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: K3 q5 ]- I8 I8 Q# R
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,8 } T' `6 ~: y4 {) ]6 t2 q. g
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; I( w. j, m" k2 _2 ^! }5 L
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- E4 ?' o# Y: r+ k/ F5 |5 xThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ r9 I: C! V+ d8 K7 |+ I: WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, |) y# v4 `' q7 sJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 Q3 y! _5 q, B% |, c F$ {: P8 Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ l! y7 ] ?3 n+ G: s( K9 M4 ?
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 X h3 f& ]% c. ^' D# ]- P2 _And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* Z: D1 A, ]9 P. @3 w8 W! Z! d
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,5 Q g1 l4 d y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 Q% k8 u5 _2 A, I: H
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( @2 ]; J+ Y8 p* d. i$ x
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
+ U; l* `5 Z. XIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,: [6 p4 {. B. f8 N& C( o& D
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 C" x, I: V- c! V% V
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 y' M) B, n4 k) r1 S+ i
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 Y0 X# }% U) z; v' S+ FFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, f/ W& ?' X" U0 ^9 r {$ EBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. W2 U& F) `& S; B2 [+ ]----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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