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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# n( i+ z' _" F% e2 s! O
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, O2 P) a" h+ {+ v' |, Y% P
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 W, U3 F* e% Z0 i& ?7 j" kAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: c: X: F6 ?) Q D! N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 [! C3 f9 J( P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' _$ \7 H: P4 j& L. z$ Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
" F3 U m$ Z' @( yWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. M) E) }# P2 Y! w
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: Y: D. f7 N; J. N3 l4 `
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% ` y/ s% J u, w7 u% m
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: a; t1 C8 k v( f0 O4 w1 R- I. hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.$ c1 ^3 B j& D8 W/ M; P% z( X
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: Y* f4 N' p J: }) T: u+ O; X! Y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' B/ w# q. {& I, ^: T1 q
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; D! M0 q, u2 t7 T/ T r, ]+ C
Good 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,
2 b- U; Y* K* x6 C+ N: @3 AWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 j' n/ K$ Q) O" TJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 Z# x* s' y' P- s
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: [8 S) r. s* W; n' uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ j6 }/ ?! h6 l% K4 d& ?; ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ g2 T. u$ N$ N" U( [* m' L- a# j1 d6 t
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 [0 y8 W' ~/ x& ?/ ]" PSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ l, R: X' ]8 S, n; F
" R2 L x2 ` d" d% s8 g8 E3 LAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
& E) X* T( q$ cAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; }! ]2 A+ w2 U8 v. R; ^' c# |+ QIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
& M: l6 B8 X3 s7 C' cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& g" Z3 E- \" s. o2 t! n' B
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,, \* r( q8 z0 R
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
7 B* T9 Q4 g9 t9 HFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 K) u G- b( x7 @* V; n! E. xBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.) B% y! Q, V: o% m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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