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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,% R- ~* J/ e; l8 N5 |/ ?
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
/ L4 t8 _! Y- p' |$ E8 QHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 l! V. D0 a! @2 A/ K {Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. R/ Y% G$ w2 c4 S
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% s3 h% U z! l3 {2 ]$ m6 v5 [4 ~Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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( H$ d( x3 A9 Y' z. tUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 n6 t6 a+ p" o# @And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% y- A' a7 B4 Q- LHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;" v; S. ~# X5 u6 S* }! X2 r
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
* U8 E9 x+ y2 y9 n) n% u! S1 {) d# NWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( w+ Q+ I+ x G! ^ r
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; A( i: f, ?$ H3 c8 C6 F l8 oWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 X- A& F; ~0 n' T. o" lGood 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,% m2 \- R: V5 ]+ X/ |
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ Z2 L1 o0 U ~) S
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ \: s5 A/ n1 }+ D q5 v! |2 B0 _
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) U4 S# f9 ?6 B. T' sOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: v1 i7 j7 D) S7 iAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 I: K. i {: k: M' ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- p8 [4 X: k* m# R4 c/ sSuch 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# C) `) Q P( Q6 |9 ?, T
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: V, k$ V6 W1 k5 b: u* j. pIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" Y$ [0 O9 T0 NFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( V6 p5 @( V6 X' g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 V% m/ ]& d f- A$ `On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 K, l; H8 D+ J
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, j7 ?, M6 @, |# ^3 q% K9 d: O
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' S; c( E z) B/ ?
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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