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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 g4 w# I* M- L1 ^" P" F$ S0 KWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, D" W; a' v5 `$ \8 Z" ~From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
?' i4 t8 m; ^8 _$ V& Y" Z' {And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
' v; z! U2 a3 }7 D7 v& Z1 s" X, PHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 |( d2 g- m( t' tWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 w; p$ f4 o4 b! @+ Y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 R, I5 q- [# F3 B) _' Z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
4 S! J9 o7 H L- A7 L6 s- n, nAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- m1 y7 \% u9 mHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
# h% R1 v! ?) |1 B8 O( f8 d( zAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 m+ Q9 _$ P. E7 u7 O- @# K4 k: E
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 P/ D: m8 `$ ?/ d0 j1 |And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 b4 b2 A9 K9 w) I
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. `- |6 d( @) V& i, h$ p. CGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# w, r1 l2 A# J9 z& a
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( z$ W/ @2 D8 y' HThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,' N0 o7 D; g% k, f6 r4 }
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,' q3 r4 d( d% g9 [) t: d, N
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,6 b. W, G% A' ?) r# y( X1 H0 w
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 ~- P% n# d5 M% c+ C) oOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! G7 o$ m5 ~+ N! R6 w% K! CAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' _+ n( | m& V. ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 X3 p Q# [* \* \4 I Z9 d: Y' [
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 @3 N. s; [) n( [3 h& ^* Z
) G/ a/ _) C3 c1 F- SAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
1 _. x5 K8 p4 h. p! l$ A; p* A& GAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 y. D. k; j9 p/ ~3 O
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# |( Z! r+ a& iFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 A% R" k/ Z& n: e- U7 Q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,! R I, J3 s Y2 F/ C+ [0 \
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* v% l) J) t$ T, _' J3 e
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 `2 b- }( f$ q+ j8 B- I
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' j) E4 F1 M! ^* L, i2 v----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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