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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 Q4 i3 [8 y7 Q( U5 O( }
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, W: m' P, U& A" K* Q- {
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 i/ c# O, @6 i! C. {9 M# MAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; A8 f/ i, Q; `( s7 {- { M
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 r7 }+ p2 P# l6 Y8 iWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& t$ J+ V) Q8 R9 @
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& \* _/ o+ V, j& qWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,0 ^2 {( h5 \, ~
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 o6 n% g* E) q" uHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; E- j4 c+ a1 e5 B+ H
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ e, `! M6 n& u, kWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' r1 }, J. n+ c j" Z! |/ FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
2 P3 c. n9 x5 t% RWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ I( i- T, |: R! O- i* X, [$ @; p3 E1 ]Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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" [) A6 m; O7 i/ a" WThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" ~: V! f! {6 k8 @6 _6 V( ]Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& W) ]- a6 k/ iJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, F% n4 i' M4 H' f+ L2 e1 a
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; s0 c, z1 k% U0 U4 eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,5 N' ~1 n, L* {
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;5 ?# `+ r2 O u
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
9 Q" c" o( T+ a+ r9 s9 G2 PSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 V1 S# }: ~1 L7 P; X. g. d
0 T# L4 Y" i% ^9 `9 LAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide8 ^2 V1 o! R- a I$ M" Z7 O
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
2 J" K1 f' b* L1 M VIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 H, k. H# v# c! K- r D. Z) Z
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 J% B/ \4 b& l$ r" T2 z. @Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 K$ V: Q6 H5 E7 G( i, N" P
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 {6 K) U/ S9 m# Q) F- l! h
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ x- c) l+ v9 o6 WBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 I5 @7 E0 R, G0 Q----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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