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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 |7 B8 U2 @3 b& k% O- C4 Y1 k
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
9 f% M$ V7 W) }, RFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
. `) @7 x7 L- K; X* pAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 M$ r% x9 w2 B. B
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
I8 k% r! P3 Y! v$ w2 Q) sWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 \7 a t, R# H x$ L
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 G: `) ~" C6 }/ V% ~3 }2 Q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 w( s7 \1 @$ H6 A/ l" e' [* M
5 D# @1 |, \+ r% q e5 ]4 ]0 _Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat, m% C) a7 \& l3 C0 V5 Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" a6 [; d) p PHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 \ L' i4 I( }: XAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% C& o, _- A0 ]* @7 w, f1 LWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* E9 I$ t9 C: P' vAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& A* B/ l, H7 u
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) a' h, s: }: [- vGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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' D) u2 h( P9 @, V, J' vThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 x" w( N: X% a6 {2 q, j, s
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ \5 l4 O4 }6 @- rJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, ^, I; G& v- Q3 }' T& Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
7 ]- F: V$ X/ M7 W( iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ E4 R6 _2 G$ Z9 f+ Z+ v0 U
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; l- z' ]% g2 w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
/ h1 b4 ^: m/ c0 v( ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% c# \$ G E. U8 `
. E# k- U: M3 Z# ^9 B9 hAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide# L- l- ^( D& x- ^7 E
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
8 ^. \" z+ o4 A. I# O5 S. n. wIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 v' y' M! ^$ K) b5 |For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
' \) W# J f- L1 Q" wHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: q$ Z/ C9 W8 w, \: l" M
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) L) D! n3 h) t$ t! e+ r6 N" AFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( ?! @( m- `( o% {# \& O
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.& w1 U; v; y b' h+ `) u9 F+ W+ u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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