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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay- m+ K4 C% J0 J7 S. y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,0 q8 j- _/ A% A, u9 S& g& D* m9 c7 |
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 D% U3 o& A' V/ wAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." ]4 q* ~: n& o+ Q+ \( `
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 w# p( s/ Q+ L2 X3 `7 F/ z* Y! B% \Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! L, `' x7 S) U% `9 DA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 S% ]' c3 s/ J1 g# L" e
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.% K& H6 U/ ^; x; K. } F' g+ s
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,- S) \% C- `, `( }
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; b9 B3 l' g! r8 g* g* F: ]Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
" s+ F4 X) U+ N, |& K7 ^3 r8 sAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." t3 y* O7 }8 \1 z6 g4 S, z1 n
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- ^0 H5 i- D0 P% W! q* OAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ q$ I, K1 U3 ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
" T! q+ [+ m; ?! G: j5 O$ o9 ^Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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7 Y y- P2 w9 C$ n! uThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, X$ A* }/ m. g0 z0 H1 Z/ ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,; j. J2 ?, Y2 I G6 P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
8 u! [& [6 [5 ?( F, E& r9 c* jKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
# y" k/ D! a& d1 h, o6 j# COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# p8 R1 Q; i* j0 R, [
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- B3 W: B' p4 A8 X2 \* @0 JGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
" s6 e/ n" n' `+ Y. Q/ vSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. F2 O* u; `, I; ~4 q. hAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
# c3 a1 x3 z- n( {5 OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,5 g& B& G5 ~9 Q/ ~4 n
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& b2 e( O" b' V, H4 N" W# K
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 f# [6 x/ e) F( j/ Y
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
" S" o& \1 Q9 O& J0 ?! a8 }On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. f% @) e8 H( |- H7 ]+ EFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, A2 t) H/ H% ?* R9 v( a
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ S$ x- v# s, E& Y+ V* p% f
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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