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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
2 _& n( U8 v' l; }$ \) S' k& H/ HWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ S% w- b& i" N* vFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- O. \0 T$ L' y, ?' r" W4 qAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; e S% {, t4 P8 s
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! j6 D" E4 R& U+ B2 }- r( WWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
3 o* J; ^ N* @$ {: v; V( WA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# m: m% A, w8 ]8 ^Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.) k! F7 s( x @, M9 |. q
' i- ?5 _6 [# ~2 H3 YUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
& O) A! g4 K) w( [+ w: sAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ n' d$ D( `; hHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 p& O) e0 y% E& n7 ~Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 \; P: M% |" ^/ j
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ Z/ U. l# y$ I% R
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.! c) E8 o" \* j4 v
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 d7 @' ^9 `1 i- L X! V2 p, ?7 Q+ O
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. B1 @3 H* f/ [$ h' b1 [7 w
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
% f: a b1 v; J9 X: |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 z9 c$ W, f* M2 F; _; M9 Q
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,# v+ G+ A) B+ R. j5 k. i( q" ~7 ?( {
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; f- V8 ~# B+ V7 `) S( l/ NOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 \6 P# ?9 y' x) s/ o! z5 v% @% b: w3 SAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' a d. I. q/ q1 EGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& B, j# s2 N5 A2 _! l& b E% e
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! [0 E I3 d5 ?/ b1 }
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 q! S$ R: V# [6 Q1 N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* R' q# w) [' P# N9 B
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 e7 D0 ]/ X. x7 JFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers." Q* U2 N8 X6 Q5 G- M2 h
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 Y/ a# G8 x3 l" j
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- t, q. ^& u& ]# q2 w% q }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. g2 M. a, K4 g1 r" c$ PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 I# j8 P2 ~% B2 Q% `/ Y3 Y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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