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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 l N+ }% @% w9 v$ b$ o5 _" tWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. r' e8 ?, u, a: i8 j4 R1 qFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ @ @0 C+ b6 P) o1 U
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% n! j7 k e' J" I! ~. ^1 K" WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 K. H0 t8 B& eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ m2 F* h+ \ [' M. W- }) h" uA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 K7 M- f2 r8 j% VWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,! r( j4 }! K8 y/ X+ l1 }
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% ]6 K" D4 q; p- _( ^& P6 MHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;% Z# X5 B4 `- _; G+ P$ Z9 G6 u$ L
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.! C% h/ W( |% l
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' t1 }- b' l$ L3 }And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ }" h0 b' n6 J2 `3 p2 Z2 Z0 l5 B- d
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! X/ b) K5 \) oGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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2 p0 e' ~6 _0 l+ GThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
0 J) B8 m- j, g, z0 W) WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,% O5 K+ U# v$ Z9 z
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
' j2 [/ N1 b, B" F3 ~3 [Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; `: g# z3 L" b2 k; ~
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 T5 }- x# B+ I* T' \& zAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 W8 t- \2 A5 o4 X" i) |8 }; _Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 e6 w! S3 M# B5 T8 ?5 L3 N h% nSuch 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* }- M- m% }" O) p: l9 d* G4 j
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- F& r' I* u% w4 f$ t5 rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! N% }, H1 B0 O, E% H, KFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 ? m8 B; l: K5 ~7 O/ Q$ @" @ `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 h% U; H( b3 C, H" ~1 _# dOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 i2 b. X" X% ~. g7 k' g7 s7 q
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 Z0 e( S0 m( u" _" O) jBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" D2 H! T/ v- {7 l I" \8 [----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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