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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; s6 Q. n1 k' K6 z3 T5 R$ m0 s- ^When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,: @+ A9 O+ |+ D' K" ?$ {/ G, U' ^/ `
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! B- {) ?, t4 X- O* W7 W1 cAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 B; D& F/ m8 ^ j' U8 {5 _His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ g, i( }; e) s( J5 O6 b6 m- f
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;7 V+ _, w( E6 B8 u& E
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- b, q @0 X3 R- J! ?Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 T0 B9 t" E4 ^8 N
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
4 y: U! r7 a) }0 EAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
7 C. [1 x+ K% e$ G9 A9 N' d) VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( [. Z2 `) V- ?' tAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 c, x6 g3 ^+ e# [7 X6 d) C3 k
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 M# @% F1 B" w& X4 {& TAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( ^! h" L9 `% G+ g" O- ]When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
8 l- d$ O9 H4 xGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! g5 l8 g" i: } C/ C
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1 E3 m& n8 o& J8 t9 nThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,- Z) B9 I8 O: q) E1 x
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
1 K, ]9 x' x" d: PJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 o' t" f3 V! F5 c' y) z2 n* b; r ?Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. R( r: `) y2 n3 b' y; u* TOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* A! [7 Y9 x3 Y' Y' ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; C" M: {& d8 |
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, @) s$ q8 x% B8 a
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
9 I4 _7 r: L' N* Y& J) B8 E& s SAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 O0 B! j1 k+ e/ [* ?) H uIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
3 T2 j" \- Y% ?$ J, J- i9 B$ ZFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) W9 E4 o. a G3 r) JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: h4 E& r3 K2 e4 }2 I. s! {- B
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, V. O' }5 b3 y8 }& I- U0 S/ M% YFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( m# E6 c; {/ J& N* K; C! H
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
$ f; [; }6 C, Q) q. Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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