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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 M% N! i- {1 T- }When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 Z2 l, W/ {% ]; a( T& U4 X/ oFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 l6 k* c1 M9 W, H7 @& nAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( o$ _0 h/ a& v2 X P
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
' S% M- p# @4 w! F. EWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( E) z+ u A* _; D8 y* S! H( k5 C
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 s( \* | w3 O6 fWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' {& t! }; a2 t
( G' }. |, i+ ~, e6 | T: |Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! x' m# d8 T5 Z+ H9 E2 WAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' E* r" F. ?8 l; v; |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: f: w4 h) x# W3 L" ?7 y, v8 d) O) C9 }Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 Q8 D* U/ ?' k; G/ xWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,6 {& z! Z/ X* l
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.9 l% i j* {; t5 p
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! f' H- @2 W: l
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' Z7 z6 Z- |' X- d2 {, b& c5 u
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 a7 d8 f _7 v0 H, h& k! ]Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 U6 Y& v5 x: ^/ r6 m: _
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,' ]) ?# E, o& W2 [8 Z6 P
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' _- c N2 P1 o+ GOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 D/ Y# m8 \$ FAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 w" N0 {9 t4 P2 o
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, e, o3 Q& L5 ^% w5 \- fSuch 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' B) P& G+ h/ S' _3 z
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ k+ x* H: z6 E9 |5 C* d; I- e0 n: @
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 x* J. Q( s: F2 m* b& ~5 q! y% j
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; g: {0 H0 M" C# P
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( e, ^" a* P5 Z$ u4 D8 `On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* Y" i: }3 y4 z% T2 Y f( T
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! ^ `# i* U+ P( c) m; ]Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
3 N3 X1 I+ B+ x7 t- C4 ^8 d4 z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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