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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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" b _% U, J/ e. c: KFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) S$ M! F" Y8 E- a" y a! o" b
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
' s% u/ f2 R% ]0 K7 ?His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, D/ o- ?. L9 W1 i
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;% ~ I6 I3 `. u! v; v
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 t0 X/ E$ P+ `& G) C& z; T8 i
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 u9 |# s% _2 `& ?, K1 v/ @And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ {9 @2 I# h4 \) M+ w0 m' q
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 o. Q/ p6 `: O% J
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- @3 [- R& S- o8 ?3 |1 R0 q2 V# [
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% p$ z+ `" J6 M# }7 H- I9 ]* V
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# ]: [5 V Y" S# aWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
: \# K7 Z& i. C& N% d& {* P0 k. qGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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0 L" v1 D# ]0 H7 r* X9 xThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
9 o4 n* ~; J2 _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 J. ^3 B- |8 C- h( ^) [8 p
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
- p2 w7 v9 S @( I0 u- g6 |Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* M) K {/ N3 _$ x! _% ^On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 F& x8 @6 ]# K# y! ]' I( VAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ b- X* e- b2 S2 b- v; Q$ {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 H! W; R: K- X) s0 JSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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% K0 M! h* ~; Z) P. i' G1 YAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& c6 o9 u( ~% ~2 i) ?5 P2 N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! g7 j8 C5 [, p5 q3 P
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! r3 z% {" M% e& H1 mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 n1 c3 @' r; a, Z6 ^5 D k, i& H8 U) g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,7 Q4 u- X7 e: d0 R' o& I
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. o6 O$ ?% p. P5 m
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
$ F. k. w3 b1 D8 B5 f0 H+ sBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.: r0 q, u! ]5 j9 H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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