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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* b+ ~! X; n9 Z2 R9 C
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 ?0 A6 z% `6 W6 W( Y( {From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,0 q0 {- j" N& J
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- T8 s" Y7 B; |* f% v
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) I, y( P. a \. y1 U: k' XWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( y9 R! d, c. L. m0 q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 I1 f0 O' q* {6 L4 X2 EWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.6 \7 X% @& r8 [
; w4 l* p& H8 ~4 t: iUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" \$ y+ S: d" f2 W4 J3 AAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% d/ U0 V0 U f% C% ?* g
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
; Y7 ~* ]9 m3 cAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 J5 p- S9 k G U
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
" c0 n+ {0 t! p Y. [5 AAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ B: |& c. Q" B# A
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 Z9 q. Y0 ^/ K5 ^4 Y1 v
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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1 A; J# }6 p* v7 N u8 @" rThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
F( n A- U0 I- B6 Q' i8 SWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, o% ?" g7 @& p4 k; x) {5 pJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, M% `5 f% r q* t
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' e R; Z! A5 ]3 @9 WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: m5 \- t1 _; B' c- [& {% D1 ]# j$ }
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 D, G* w. t4 v" ^* J" cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' O: s h" T. Y0 T/ A+ d! u& R% uSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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4 T2 [1 f/ b! @' U# l- FAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
+ E8 a. A9 `4 I1 P4 lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 h4 q: P$ I# i$ GIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 L9 r5 @. ^0 f! S
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.: ?0 D5 }3 u5 t" g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,- Y: F* W/ P* o) ?; O1 K3 q! N
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
( d" x t1 T1 ^' `) o+ cFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( t9 r2 G0 \6 S" hBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: u4 n u( ~1 X----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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