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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 U% O0 u9 }" e" A7 M3 f+ K
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,0 I' s2 |4 A+ O m, ?1 u, f% W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,7 Q* B+ ^; q3 j( k% m" O
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
6 b( l l8 [* ^/ Z! s* ?9 c8 zHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 c) J R6 t. {% J; z! D: {
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 V* p4 m/ b1 a5 A0 S! qA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& v# y7 G5 u1 j. f( K' [Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 k+ _- v- U; s, [2 j7 |And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. l4 Y. V" q9 n. r! O/ S5 ]
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ W5 d% D9 a+ X* I# A9 Q' GAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ T& i" V$ d" \. c& w/ _$ t8 RWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,7 g$ B: z( A7 C7 L* e
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# D4 Z+ R. Z. M1 p4 k* d! }; bWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,2 [7 J o( [2 f7 `; x
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.& \' U( [/ a& _4 [# k! S/ j
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5 e7 @9 d4 H( N& [& k6 d, AThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 D8 w2 e- i) o; e3 l! \
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" Y! Y3 C. Y& [8 I" M" e: n+ S7 uJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
q0 I4 e! G. w5 U. n4 vKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 C! @' K- k5 C8 R2 }. L/ oOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
# u2 Z. Y, o1 `* [& WAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;% Z& D7 v/ F9 ~
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' }3 u) h9 @ T' e! WSuch 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/ @+ l5 O M/ @' A
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 y1 T0 y% V( y4 u2 n( k" HIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
7 j$ ~2 c! G- Y: Z$ K- ^, QFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. r: h& N5 i5 A" J3 W
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ X6 w% P. U( z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. w& r. H7 G( c' ] E3 C1 N/ U C
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* r* U) k9 A- y' A; ? g y/ V9 oBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
* r- |( P) l W! }7 G2 `----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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