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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay1 _$ z& o/ s: [3 C
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 F W3 E( n. e* s8 QFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
: q7 l4 z9 p6 `+ ]And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.3 t: P) O) Y% J9 ^ A) _) d
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 d. X: D7 j+ G% N: OWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; y2 z; M- a4 b- z; T" }A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
, D) u( | h. MWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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5 s& z- w5 a! M# T9 Z' p* `# t: W3 qUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,+ j$ k# ?4 I. z% X# t# G
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; a1 c% {# ^" T/ X @" t
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
d4 G1 @" s3 q1 zAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- t! x) {0 F' |# l+ J1 S0 A4 G# q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
/ U" l- P7 h. x+ ~And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ }% D. Q; P1 j/ v5 r2 \When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 W( j8 E$ J8 E& K3 eGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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$ @4 I# y3 A- I9 |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ {9 A! N5 I/ y8 [$ N1 a- H9 KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
G, p! F1 A; i0 u& P" z+ \! X9 |Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" C$ D2 h1 A8 h' @4 n2 c. BKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: `0 S1 }, }+ p. {# `5 QOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 e: |7 C: Z! \
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! @6 p' R; h" D8 c. k
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, B) g h2 M3 n- D- n& U4 H
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! q$ n% T# }$ R! I- D( y
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
3 ~! A! j" }, } T+ c# bAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* p% ] H. A; s: f& F! V& rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
$ k) ~* j. P* QFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) c, K) b0 g$ O$ b* J4 i# g. K
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 G0 f" {7 u4 D: ]: E
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 F9 w, A d/ H2 n) X
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, s4 m; d0 ]3 {) ?Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" e* j) h, g5 t" l----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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