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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) ]1 r4 L8 `$ z6 e& @) T/ k! l% yWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, G- {4 N+ W1 v) l! @9 [* F0 j
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 ]& \0 U7 @# ~% s+ |5 [0 q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." i+ l. \! n& ]1 w+ w! `, l8 Z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ E1 ?) s' D& NWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 |5 f8 H1 z+ r$ Q4 K( M6 J; VA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( x3 F9 w# m0 Q5 j3 E1 w8 B0 i- rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 N+ e+ ^4 s5 \/ h
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
. k1 D, e7 S+ _; z/ q" UHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 k" F. X* R! ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 ^) F A, f$ Y
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,6 Y7 p- w/ [, m% k4 l4 e3 N
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
2 V! F( t% s6 yWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 @ g; E/ o% f/ F R/ I& C1 w
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.1 I) c* o: Y. g
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# j Y! J' @$ r1 N* KThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* z% x9 ?5 @/ L' C
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ _/ O1 m- J: e/ P1 \( G, c9 V
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
$ q) ?. _% x4 b1 @Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ f6 c8 q1 Z% {) y5 I! J, B9 U8 u
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,3 p( c- [& _; }( ]
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 l, j+ b+ n1 q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( x* u; ]4 P/ W r% C7 uSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 V1 G# p- Y c8 m& W5 `4 `+ A" d
/ F' \' y& F1 @7 M f5 T7 vAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 X% J. x3 R$ h! P3 P, N# a3 c
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ V0 a) ?+ I& A* Z
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) k1 v+ a# l, a& X+ C. _8 e, \
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. x0 e2 {: n/ C7 c2 q4 v# D+ E
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
, [7 E4 T. S, x$ g' _On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;" u( f& W' D0 w7 E h
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! H$ z# \- a' e" V4 B1 v2 y% QBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
7 @% b! R1 z! j----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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