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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay/ a- R* h8 G4 H: q
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 E6 M5 b( a: W7 I Z2 ]0 P9 `! lFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
" W4 Y# Q( M3 Y/ d/ t- UAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 r# g' e) H1 Q2 Q% `His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 o3 s" F8 u( t% jWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& Z1 p. i, C5 g" L1 G
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
) n @' }; n( r3 @9 y, Q# o: M4 ^/ NWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
& |. t8 ]) n" M+ k/ ZAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& O3 [: |; W$ y: R8 F% ~9 hHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 R9 ?4 O# ]' O/ W3 w3 nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 ]+ N7 a! E; }With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,1 O, z3 u( t. W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.1 w1 @6 g' s. J+ [/ Z+ P: g
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
5 t2 I# W' U( E6 _( o& ?Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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, h5 Z+ b0 e: ]. k" B, E: ?9 XThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
5 M4 [( k% K- a* u9 x: tWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 }1 m# C! y% s) TJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
' [- v" p% l# LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 v" {+ P9 X4 c, rOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# j( w# s( W0 V
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! ^5 n7 W! C8 c+ L% Y! u
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,: L( b" q3 q# J h9 R9 t8 {
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
0 l) ~/ \/ y( _- E; `All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 G- j" q6 _ G
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
0 {6 R3 A' ~9 W/ J0 i6 Y1 I( |+ KFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.# N, a9 [6 `, b7 F" w2 K$ s
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 d2 ^& x7 d* }+ [9 A. B( EOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* [/ q" ]1 t0 X
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
" m- ^8 B" k0 }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 Y; e X1 s1 H/ f' N8 }
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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