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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
o1 `" u# W0 ]" V( y2 m( ZWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
8 h/ g$ d9 m! G. _8 P' ^& X0 {9 t. QFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 [$ t, ~: Z. h2 H/ X! {
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., A. G" p1 i* \: }( o4 R3 A
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) m% `. b/ G% eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( t$ f" I* i. I9 s3 n' Z; \
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# f' {+ n0 w! Q' d. `# K, s" rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 `. f7 t6 b k$ b+ R0 n
+ L- R& n& c( X- LUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 m0 z6 A* t' d% _. K+ B& J& g
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) G4 @1 \# J: I& G5 R( y% y
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 j2 C, K: z" G9 s3 h' U" |
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; M/ N; j( ~. \1 l& i8 k7 ?, x/ S3 uWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 l) g# }* o z7 J
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.9 j8 a+ e1 D6 h- u$ l
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,2 G' K2 E; t7 D: D+ H' U: i$ {; V( O
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; i0 }* p2 `' l' o
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" o$ G7 m' \; [$ vWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 S+ `6 j+ }, u# z1 T
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
8 d% t) ?0 |1 e7 ~, {Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. m) G$ M# F, L: ^* A
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 _# l' m. y3 s6 ^; z% y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. A" F" B: P' g H2 z1 @, b% w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
; g j6 r! M" q* a4 L; G# N8 gSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide+ f" _1 `% ~9 Z) m7 y
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 ` T% y ?" BIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' m2 N5 p6 f6 B. M* I+ R
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 ?) _' g) o8 ?: v t4 cHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 V: K- t( U/ ~' g7 Y+ k6 ROn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) t( x3 o% P! ~6 s5 q
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; K9 s8 H- y/ H- M' Q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.4 n! o3 ?: d; [ `
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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