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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 Y2 [' C: I- \& ?6 Q* `. l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 z0 `% f, ]3 r
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- b; [# B+ v0 j2 `3 @4 v4 Y
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 |# I! f3 F: @+ ?0 F
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, j) o4 v7 X3 D) O+ p: L% K9 q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% I B7 D! t- e: N2 ^5 g: EA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
6 d4 H* Q8 u: u" A0 U0 \7 BWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& n4 P$ n' I6 p! P3 ?1 h! `0 k; M
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ `2 l6 w+ U( A& p0 bAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, w9 \& c% @7 g7 R
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;, `0 D; y- w' L% {6 C5 k( E1 T
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.$ H! P3 I+ Q3 Y! m
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' W0 l: y* h, y0 |' x
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.( W y( r+ A: M* P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
/ m7 s: W6 U% ?7 a+ iGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% K) Q) {% @; o- G6 X
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 D! P3 ^+ P) C: f
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
* [% \) U. F6 O4 r, h* JJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
& b* {7 c; @, C: T6 d1 b! V+ kKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.+ f2 f1 X) {3 E# m- W/ v2 Y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 A+ P% O! H! J$ W) u# T' { k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 ~+ O* X( m( SGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. L9 M- f- m/ b. S1 @Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 `6 V1 a3 k/ v0 I; R+ |
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
b1 S; ?1 v3 fAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ k1 I6 @4 F; o$ @
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( `' ]5 T" |/ z4 dFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 r" _9 h+ U) ], m0 x0 `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. [/ [/ L5 d$ Z9 I* EOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
$ b) F* G1 v. o' l! d( I! ?4 N, FFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 d$ V7 U- T" _& b. v
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- A4 T/ e J3 M! v( X
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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