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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) |. u t# Z2 U8 p( m6 z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 ]1 E# y# ~! a! X& X
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- P) R4 p [/ n, @& S# hAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* c) \- E) r- [8 o* f: uHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 r( K- u/ C: N- r5 C
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 g' y' E+ d3 k) L9 W8 H% |9 Q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; z K4 b$ o. i+ _; U" S. y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.) S% O. a: }% a w$ a- j; |
1 T2 i6 `; m4 W8 kUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
' A4 s" G" l: H' UAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- \. Q9 y2 d) H( E2 r
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: A4 l4 k) y: O5 W2 OAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 v; h% ` F% D0 _+ H" X. S: F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,+ d8 a: x, l/ l5 Y0 @; N9 ~- ?
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 S' ? Q- p m$ B' D- v1 f: ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; J/ n7 m* v4 K6 OGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
# U0 G4 b7 ^& WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) D9 H2 n+ Y0 C- O% N
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
1 G0 \6 b( r" E3 t, y* OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# X7 C' x& F$ `0 m' i7 E* _: S
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 V$ n% H- t" Y! p
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( k: m9 x0 `( r7 aGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& G+ \7 n, d* e# N3 aSuch 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
. P6 ]1 H, }7 zAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
% T8 O3 Y% g( W, @ E9 I- sIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 x3 _+ o% I3 L2 d/ q, sFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) I v3 d9 ^) J- [Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ H6 ~0 v4 _$ P# k+ A6 f' o: i
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;( X( V! O5 g( t+ I( z; M! x% H
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) K; j7 k0 J% m' _" F$ q2 k) kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 r# F1 g& O0 s0 v
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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