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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
" `" }$ N9 K M+ |When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* N) x, o# T, k5 X9 N
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! Z1 D* {# ~- D1 y2 I4 z+ _; g! yAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; f$ D2 Q7 @3 [% G$ U' l' C `2 d
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 U! ^( }& `/ Y( W! GWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- @9 j7 g& ?# Z0 f- j
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* ~+ S: d3 A2 x5 xWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 \8 P9 `) I+ k4 ^' Z6 ~
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 @( D1 n& d0 Y* QHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ }, F1 G7 p) b, a2 z9 M- s
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
# d( I! S7 C7 }/ p; |8 E. c. G4 SWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' _0 M/ j% d7 `# h+ h! QAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# Z% F6 V+ }9 xWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, k! w) D; }1 C! OGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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5 u% v$ y: F% G3 d! p0 Q) }) K; UThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 N8 K7 A( W( G. M2 W5 V, J& |
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! t" D2 Y( q7 ?- [( F7 AJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) x# b, V2 w# F% v0 F2 S
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 G* ]( \+ c' T2 q& R4 W# n) TOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! `) t3 x$ ?3 ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 d. i8 s$ E6 sGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,5 c! B7 ~# v7 y& Q" |
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.8 F, a+ }- H* r$ n; G$ k6 K
+ i* z) x: }5 f- I) |/ g: ^And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- ^) e( f; R, }6 I( _. i: T% A
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& I- r' x, q) {% u* t% B
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; t" B- U2 w# B
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* O `( l. u8 u
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* P6 s7 g" K0 p1 b' d
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 Y4 z$ ^& ?1 e) N9 g9 f9 F9 F! RFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
9 n" g& P: e5 P! ^6 I6 ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& X" ?' y( Q6 s----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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