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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, Q2 q5 S1 u5 Y% X$ J' ]
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ \( h1 W" c* e/ ^2 n8 V" D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
5 y" _! ?2 f5 [/ p$ JAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
/ v1 g2 d; k) c6 gHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,7 }6 c* N4 h3 H! G0 W" A @" m+ s
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
0 a' X& j- a8 J! T) E1 A5 q: d3 UA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
0 U' y1 v$ W# T; I, K; \Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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- w+ c( {0 H) Y' ZUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 l8 d7 j* r/ f* @* x2 m% |& s' ]And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ o- W# c6 w. C% i# _: J3 [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 b+ O- [" \; C3 \% x4 w7 W
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 D3 M" h+ y/ ^8 x1 R; Q; L8 @7 aWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
. R7 s: ^; P, X" ]& mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 [3 e0 f# X7 }3 v
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
9 Y5 @9 X% z5 }! T: T) fGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
- m* d0 C% ?0 l: _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 n" {2 j* Z% R$ v' b; xJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! N( X- _4 p2 L+ ?% d2 |Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 C$ o- U5 [: z' b7 \" f1 IOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,$ S( g7 t) G! C- A) {! |1 K: \1 I
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;3 E9 N2 t, A1 z+ a, s
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 }5 {+ o' H9 f+ q
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide! k9 l' ^+ ~' v- ^% }
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! @) {, Q2 I/ ^4 Y+ G) ^
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 A0 m% d* u* H! |+ zFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. I9 M& J" ?7 A7 }4 p% JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 R: M, V% p1 V- f: n2 g! aOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;" i2 C( S* [# V0 P. Q; }: p' f
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,# u2 U- y4 T) s
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 k& @ ^, } e) S6 s, \" H5 b( b
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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