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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay4 Z5 X; \) @ f2 e8 @- p; k* N
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,3 T+ F- t1 F$ f8 G
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' U8 F7 l; M0 H ^5 n( U# |( m1 ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' s: D9 Z" c2 G) b1 C" j. `; J
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: l- i- P6 D# B; b, O8 S
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. d }/ N; I! ~: H
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% O) I7 L' x( W3 gWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 Q3 Q2 @1 B, `# ^1 \
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 P* D; Z' z) g
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& y1 x% ?. b* }7 _% R3 `
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 F+ l: u- `. ]' y0 gWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ u- I |* V) n9 M. [' r* R' DAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; F3 m [) J J+ ?) f2 B
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 m5 ]1 s b5 HGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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( t- H/ y: Z2 I# k, X6 k5 }There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 f4 ?; P: ^! \+ H7 t0 N% x6 `
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 K) C `4 h* y% M0 M( EJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 Y3 v. [1 a6 Q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! Z1 |. c3 m* l8 d8 O- h8 r3 v
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,1 H& _1 U2 J) h) t$ o4 [5 a2 r
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 i$ r& T5 q) hGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
Z- C7 M8 X, U6 f2 j9 nSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* m' c# N8 J' r& r7 d1 NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 N: T( i; q4 g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 \: q% ?+ u* E& f& r9 K X
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* u* o! C1 ]: b8 R/ {
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
x4 N1 h: ]; l. F0 iHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 y7 `* R b1 i6 `& {9 ^
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) m6 u7 U! q6 ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,& j7 q& O1 j! y1 f& P
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# L ]/ N0 T. P: k( t----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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