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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( Z% ~7 y9 c# a' e
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* v* z; v8 R. M2 Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
" c; B; x* Q% _# H2 kAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 D8 `$ R1 O8 q/ C* e
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
& l" S# L9 c/ F9 @; P- i: f8 z1 RWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 n9 C$ d+ V* ]1 [" r
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: `3 n! r$ B4 `$ s' }Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ Y; N& u5 _, `8 A1 N" ]
$ C- Z7 o. j. H3 {" yUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
+ l2 R# f* f3 c( f3 SAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 l; d" B) O3 l3 R/ R4 G
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: L7 y9 e( U2 g6 ~. b5 |! i3 W8 `Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' l6 ^) [9 u' `. }9 {0 EWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, \# _ x8 h* U
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., v9 I. @. d; c" l( A
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( c) ~% s" G/ E3 `: E% r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. v/ R2 _% X4 W, f: j
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, [9 p8 E5 j9 T2 T0 U& @There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 [" n* D; a0 [5 c* w4 |
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 a2 G" K. f4 Y8 jJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 h b. q3 Y1 _
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
# Z g; O2 S/ R# X" f, }; L" F: t! uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; d- n9 J, i0 _: m, R+ N& d/ ^
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
, w* L5 F2 ` @: U' ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 G5 B/ g6 E, L5 X: WSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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6 s) f: R+ k, U5 XAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide" Z3 e# l) a: Y
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ e0 i" i6 ?! A
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* q0 L8 O" _, C& ]. ^1 B
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- L' r: ?9 d# u. ]' h+ DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) X, S2 `9 O4 jOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! ]- L& Q8 F U: G9 {: h. GFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. y; Y2 n9 b {, N4 U. c: P( [/ H
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.# D( u# Z, } ^% q% a- f' m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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