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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 M8 s$ G! `4 g) M; HWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, W5 i3 \9 h' y6 o) AFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 X, ~. l; r! @- Q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) {6 A; |' Z: j- Q4 }- E8 A6 GHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; i5 r' f4 A) O: l: R- d6 Z
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;7 s; f1 e. x! ]1 u. O" m
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
$ {: [0 A7 J8 B) F8 l. r# UWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% F; `8 r; z, N, N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,6 o3 w$ r4 k) S0 a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# a" W0 p9 @# T
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., g" s0 O N( ~- U/ S
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 D% E4 |2 N. c! B
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 n$ U2 U+ z" i7 Z$ YWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( P" y' R& x3 w L
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.. B/ g/ A$ P/ ^2 }1 D6 F/ Q
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,9 d& N; q9 }7 S+ w, f1 S' Y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 C" b8 f# a6 _% dJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) I: d. V" |! X% n7 D) b f' hKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 ?% Z- E( r+ q) m" d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
N: k3 x3 W$ G; H4 [, pAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;- Y3 e E' |7 Z9 C8 |2 ]2 V
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 b. J6 |$ A1 z+ M" E+ E3 g' A
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 j2 \4 Q$ Y" F# }. w! P
9 W7 V* n1 a' u' XAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide$ j. \- W: O- t% i1 g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,4 V, g# i+ i: O4 O
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 k/ |2 g9 {- R+ Y# ~' Z" m
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.! W w. k P* \1 x
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( @+ l- ^2 z' [& x9 N& sOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: e; A" i, t! L+ EFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 I: t3 p; `" H; ^7 s" M1 q0 JBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! i* r$ a l( T( _. g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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