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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,, c$ A e- g* n w' L
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 m3 @( V7 {/ i- }: H9 VHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,3 {0 O! x; r+ K. V2 B' Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" N( l/ Y8 }" S% F. O1 nA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- d F* f, N% }9 r# }4 u' fWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.9 |5 ^- o/ y7 X& L: E7 u# _
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 T x1 y; U4 M$ q* U! E" r3 tAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( T+ }; z, O- H) I4 k3 THer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 `) `9 r3 Y% Q DAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ F. h( b' _0 X% ZWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 ]. ~, d: s1 ZAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# k% V, Y+ p' e9 K& ~: H3 d% zWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
]9 R( t; U: V# V1 u* Q" ZGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% Q9 i2 H# D5 c1 d
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; f& z! \& z+ F: y, c, R. eThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,6 ~0 e; c( `( }. ?7 K. b
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 c; q9 H8 @; z1 [6 p2 TJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) L- s$ c" i! m3 v5 E5 l9 O. h
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.' {9 z$ K; O. k
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 P/ S& m% B9 n$ d& ~And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
* V! ^9 w) T( w9 F, }. \Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. O0 G- K) \; |Such 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
8 x& S5 V/ X& I+ |( V3 \All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) K4 s7 {2 R4 V# _( t K
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 A/ W- a6 _( v0 O+ _
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 u- m2 B" ~* C8 s0 E7 R3 B" bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
5 E5 D: `+ F- l* \ Q0 iOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ O A" N" R: F7 d! k4 j0 p
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
D$ l- P- L. J' w$ r4 e3 Q" ZBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& G. B/ `0 W/ d4 n" B----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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