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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay4 r! d2 e `" j( o6 b7 `" f
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
% k1 p) Z: e5 l3 n" ^( v- rFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 q2 q) |9 f8 d* [/ ?. `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.. ~! t7 C2 g$ F$ j% ~2 H7 N1 C
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. f2 }. R" d2 l5 P5 X; V
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* `7 o. G9 s; J: T- |& o
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
5 }% s( ~: C ]. f. f# n, Y/ rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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! O- m/ J/ F9 ]# o% OUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 i4 E0 W# T% ?( PAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 P! M8 k7 t* NHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ F. G7 C* x, v
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.' I7 z8 F$ V/ X' B1 e7 k
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 h- N1 g# r# P. M4 J \And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, i1 b. O7 Q/ g( U' t$ b! `- pWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# G, B2 I$ N/ ]* x: n X2 y& z8 ?
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.: {4 H" `7 ]" p# u( R7 G9 C
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! G7 R. B5 p8 ^8 p: p! K1 l7 ?There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 a% U# ~$ e5 Y5 _, T# O
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,; R9 C4 H# d* X1 x- k {; A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 i6 p6 W# ] Q) Q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 C8 h, p$ {( V8 G. A
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: W3 d3 }- {0 z0 B. VAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
) \+ p! m1 t9 \* kGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) D2 p* G6 ~4 N
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% ]3 U4 r7 |* f/ b2 w" t; W
) a/ l: V6 g/ u, Q/ \And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
3 n4 g. M3 O6 B, ^7 ^: QAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ [# u% t' M0 |& D
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( A7 O K3 S5 d" B/ d9 vFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.9 e5 r2 I, m$ Q/ T
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
6 L( U; N R; a; D- ^On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;8 a. X! S) @/ Y! t4 i
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 p- T6 B' t( `6 g2 O$ s7 @Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.; c! _7 B$ N9 V% ~
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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