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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,
+ e+ b! G" o' n5 _ gAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
: h% g) L# s3 q8 K0 h1 `+ lHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) E, Y3 m8 ]1 t) ^5 ?' I/ ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ }& H- X n: a: J/ ~
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) I& l" @* b, V; Z. D# Q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& e8 J, W3 S6 ?) [& S+ s
! _5 j) u! _- \0 m3 [; oUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 c3 o4 I7 E- b& E2 ^
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 [+ S" C2 J! _7 H( |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;( m- v5 N% E J- _# G: v
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. U8 _; H. G5 {1 N9 q- R
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' X5 B) w- }/ u# I, N eAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; Z2 h) C x' c. c% U
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; J$ Z# g# \0 e+ Z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! n: n/ g$ \- h8 C5 l3 |: M0 O+ [
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 I: T' `2 A) R1 Y1 }
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 W* z: z# p4 U
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ c. {$ H* i Y* jKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 E, A a8 R# s- L4 ]$ {8 d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,2 _% C, s4 X. s! u7 w' s/ ^
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 f1 U! c) F$ p. w8 \% _Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
2 f; O& s) ~, S# c9 w( JSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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3 h! i. h. |, S! DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 u, ?8 f% H' O1 [All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
# J* `/ g, j% ~In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,% e$ }9 b, `5 b1 a0 P
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 I" J: ~$ k5 z
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," m- v* Q4 K& ^6 ?, z# x
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& {; K% C _9 N7 [! k: Z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! I v" f$ d/ O) n, F7 y: ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago. ~4 Q% L6 u# V8 z- Y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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