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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay+ O0 n6 u' k6 C! b# K; s n& P
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,4 \# l# K, M5 F5 w' g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
) |1 N6 j" k2 A; N8 n5 KAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ a2 ` _& _" P6 ^% KHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 z# _6 {" y+ G4 l+ pWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ _: J+ l. q" aA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( j2 ?8 X5 S# H: J& f2 _' a8 A4 P. MWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 D& T" ]3 B# I
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 P6 b" G! n: B1 Z/ a& \And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( d/ v: ^& S1 \4 a1 GHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;' A2 v2 _) s' k2 l S! S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 ?3 ?. {2 G# }- K% XWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ a# U- z( C. c P" |; ~5 uAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; I: I, k0 }& p' s2 x
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) w: K( W& W, t6 L2 c* h& w( _
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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3 \! K# O/ Y5 c! b8 EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
7 S% |. i; w+ ]1 ^ Q8 oWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,7 a0 S% B1 ?5 d% R, s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, l3 z+ Q: J G1 D) Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( z4 [5 P- W0 f2 x6 `- ROn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ B$ ?2 W) i3 u4 Y2 }3 e: D
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
/ \+ O' [: @7 ~. q+ r) P5 IGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- m' B v, P+ k6 K" YSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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" d" v% ^; R, XAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; i# m5 {# E$ A3 Y: B- E8 w% ?' KAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- Q, f& W* K2 z7 {1 KIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( D0 l, \* ^( H
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
S8 e3 P# m; Q, o+ l) K$ m/ ?, vHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
0 m! i2 P* S T- q# l1 ?4 E' s( ]On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 h4 B3 d4 P, p! m2 K- s# r& p3 ~
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 @7 L V: W7 K
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( C6 B8 g' W5 }4 ]( I. J----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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