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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
: S2 P. S8 o. U" JWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
! G5 F5 Y2 t/ u4 aFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ }; Q1 q8 l% O" I0 f; T$ m5 `3 z
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" \% d1 k: h L8 B2 b6 KHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
: v8 Q1 h- G8 F! W( `9 L1 R& yWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 O% u9 Q2 ?" G4 f( t
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& {7 g. O& ]5 H2 K
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! ~& U& G7 i( a3 ^/ A9 r
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, p: H6 i1 A: X# W7 X( V0 oAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% o7 W/ G" ^) i8 W4 c, UHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;- Z A. M/ b) U
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: p- T+ H* [. C* Y# nWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- K- s1 p6 x( g8 NAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- [" O! K% \- ^; H4 sWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) |5 y7 I, _; F4 a$ b/ ^Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. b5 J8 E; y6 S) G8 Y" `
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,4 H4 ~6 i3 w) i1 B u: M6 t9 k7 l% a$ i
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 v0 o& k) M. B K" r7 P6 {Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ t+ b' k% a0 B {9 ]& }Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ f7 K- _; L" p$ bOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
1 p) i$ w$ @+ {/ IAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! q! {5 A& X- t9 |Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ u; a1 I$ b4 `/ {- Y* k- ]5 `2 MSuch 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 wide9 Y# @+ T0 t, p3 o* k. x: Q: R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
8 ]6 p9 F" c3 J8 Z1 n$ [In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, j& E5 D: G" ^: o
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 Y# g) B: L: |' x6 DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
5 s& O' O0 o8 z) Q, pOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* w' P$ h" P4 F# O! A4 B
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. v; K9 m3 V$ j8 N6 ~5 x
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( X7 f& z @6 u5 r6 r4 Q- V; G8 P6 U----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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