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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 y1 }' O0 j* o: K/ I. H. tWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 J5 D4 a: n E7 ?) sFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,3 I! Y! [" P% d% z- J5 k7 I3 }
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* k1 M8 U& }5 y. t; V. I i/ u: A* e
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
: P8 ^4 k' ]$ WWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 q5 d; F9 d, t$ E9 Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 N& a1 r2 _2 F0 r+ E
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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7 R, [5 g! v' d2 EUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! @$ M# m! I" b3 l/ \+ S7 `And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 v( r: J" H# Z8 `4 H; N' c
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 Q+ @; E/ J8 |3 }, _# F( f# H
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
( ]7 u, S$ J% GWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,# h+ ^2 t: {9 h6 ]7 p! e" W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- W4 T/ D& |; v) tWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 k; Q- w5 [9 g2 q
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ `) q7 K5 V" ~/ V2 ?
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 s5 f: _8 [5 h0 z' k0 v
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 s/ q8 ]3 u( n
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 |" k1 F5 D8 ]# EKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) v" W/ ]0 D* G" W5 P/ @: sOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
1 ], j4 M A: r, R1 B5 g o2 yAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( a+ A `% x; f0 g) ~) y; Y* QGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,8 F2 B6 N$ c0 @7 r; Q/ ~6 j; ~1 X8 r
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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& X' k- e) s t4 R0 K3 o) Z' YAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; ?: {5 u1 D ]% q) O% Y! r- l
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ A3 L v3 W9 [8 U& |0 m
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
: [: U7 W$ `& aFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. z5 v8 `# w- ~5 N" ]
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. Q% |" G9 Q2 l) i, r6 m9 g7 hOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
# C' S0 D) U& a) T% k2 aFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,$ d* s) ^# B8 h! n, y9 r- {
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
V& @( K8 J# r5 B& V/ m; g----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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