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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 S% N" p" R% t, Q) A3 rWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ M; Q2 J5 i: s& w, B( Z
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 K$ z- q+ [2 t! K
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- F _" @- H, c$ Q: a
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ p% \( B% j- B, f7 a5 TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 I: c' _7 q( n, K
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
B! R5 I/ B* _& G- a1 w, I3 y' xWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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$ a3 `" T) Y& N6 K; LUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# o, O/ r! m7 X5 @: t2 y# e
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( |1 L) Y/ E* @1 B/ W/ s+ Y% qHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;4 O; @2 r, t# `
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) M% q7 S; D5 G5 N8 g8 H: ~
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
0 {, T4 b( @9 q+ e% W9 K* G5 QAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- X* m0 Z3 L) q. m# F; cWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
' F$ A6 O b# L# C0 Z) b) ZGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,4 N: P; l4 O* ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 ?0 {/ L" ] G! \; _- e2 n
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
3 X+ F; G/ p& L, oKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 X2 X7 I( V4 k3 Z* _7 `1 k
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,5 r6 ~1 K/ p F: y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 [) D5 k# `, Q1 o7 NGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# c5 }" m. @8 o4 [# y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 S6 f: h. @0 l" r% w2 \
5 m, }5 i4 |9 ]- V; y. CAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( p1 g6 n0 u, i2 b4 Z+ \6 d6 Q: N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( [! n- w" R8 @, y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. O; Z3 ^% p$ E/ f& NFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 j3 k; H6 q2 tHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 c$ j( A( P- [
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
& q6 b3 w% s+ O' sFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 I8 W. a7 o9 W& Y* f" A
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- i* h: u2 t5 n% Z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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