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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay! V0 [& G& U# v' s: z Y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 M1 [" B( u m- c8 dFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 d+ w' F" ?- V! ?7 s5 wAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% L" i& k. t4 B# FHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, z6 k% y8 C5 a7 }0 eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ z9 t: @, f9 U, x! `+ rA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 w% j y4 ]2 S- u
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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/ f4 L- r% E- G+ T8 f1 ?Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
+ M* _. v; P3 V$ x, zAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 b# [0 m: ]: b4 VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% k/ k/ j& z" k5 ? {$ O' U- UAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 R2 M; M& O( W( n+ xWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," h$ u/ V G. b) b( F5 U! f9 f
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: p7 `% y- I3 X7 r
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 V& X; i8 Z" a( B4 `& N, X+ f
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' \( l$ \; `& W( ^ i
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
; s5 \) b+ W1 g; S+ R) u, iWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 Z7 N Q3 \6 D0 d3 c8 U
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 P! y' i- W$ i3 r6 t' H( i* |Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
/ N: B2 Y4 h' yOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
2 j0 t" v9 ~) D E& ]: V- CAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 M" G$ D. L, j; lGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 P6 L# b& U! f/ B/ HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 P* M" c% i& G! J2 \* @
8 M e& ~! O0 g: p0 a! V/ D7 h. jAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 V0 t# e9 d5 M( v! g# R% cAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ ?6 U# w) I8 i7 K9 D# M9 i
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 ` S0 X( }& @4 G% X2 h0 L
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: o4 @9 C" N6 Q! X" _) @: yHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
+ N$ F2 r7 x! O( e* IOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 i l A4 Y a9 _$ t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
$ V8 E& P* I& T1 hBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" M0 [) ~: Q! ?4 p6 q----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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