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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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6 t; T& y P" GFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 w `* p, B4 a0 ^! Q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 N3 Z# a+ @( c8 T+ {: p
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 W2 S* ~( Q4 e, ?3 q2 z7 f+ wWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
( e1 z4 i" c- F4 mA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,5 g# x( h$ J* M ~0 h, T" H ]
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 }/ ~) h! j0 H7 ` T* i
4 b4 D- p& U8 m" p2 A vUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 Y* L- I3 j0 D8 `4 ?# |And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ f p+ H6 L) [# A# x0 L
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;, o2 L7 \' F7 E; y' A- h' ?8 g
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 u7 l- q5 L0 L9 q) F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 K Z, g. i ~7 f+ z% {
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.* _* ^6 X- |+ F- r2 R
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; u, [3 i) m) `8 }+ o, X
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ t& R& n. u8 G4 [
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," S& h* B* c/ a N% n) n- j K$ Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 _5 f( q) m: |+ i1 u% J0 H! mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,, k3 W5 _( |- P- `9 _: [! t: d0 Z. d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 {- P0 K$ C8 o6 u
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- M. P, `! f+ _ l) v, z. @' M
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 p; Z5 X5 i; L+ @Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: l! |& s) s# J$ ASuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* H# Z; |% e4 h* K; \And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide+ q1 Q- i$ a; f4 ~! o
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
% ^+ A, }# A1 [7 _# JIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- q5 a, r" W B6 t4 b7 F, CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.! R/ ~4 E s1 u% S# U0 k" U
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) O& X9 F, b8 _( ]' y& rOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: S8 g; o" X, i2 ?) r7 X U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
; D. c* B% [- ~# l5 EBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 U# ~' ~0 Q& N# y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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