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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ o3 a# z3 T2 T W ^! DWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,# G' }! E1 K8 ]2 g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ s" f# v9 I" _9 T k7 n9 S! u
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago./ p' P" K, v- _7 `
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" F4 x! S2 n4 ^( m# FWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ v% W4 Y- L7 J- C
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 A. w$ |5 ?1 K& q* i* H4 [
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." ^8 P: {. m/ U' q5 S
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 S8 f; f2 V8 n* o2 D- XAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,( d+ X' L+ @* t/ A L% {, i
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
) x& K, m" r- S+ H! n) XAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 t8 W# R. M. \6 K: x8 q) A$ r
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
8 f. b' ]3 d L( q2 K, xAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! ?' S' b; S1 j* NWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% t; t5 e( c3 H9 D6 B# lGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 r- e- O- L: }: L& u
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 m* O: j# k& B5 pWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 `8 X( h0 L% U! E" S7 PJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, j1 E) [4 p; M0 U% J$ ]" u% c
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& K! R& q+ L7 cOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 y- A: E; s, k+ G- l7 v2 n
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! x9 `" b# _" ]. R% \3 V8 xGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' [ n4 P( M7 Y- H. V. y$ M
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
/ q+ p, B# \# A0 SAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 }& E+ a$ T! z- P- j
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 x7 R5 L) a: J) p
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ h3 ^: H" q' F; WHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 Q9 E6 k- @( m" X `, Z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;8 Z0 v/ G/ X* k6 W
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 q* h: u- X+ @0 mBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
0 Q3 n3 c( t; a1 {----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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