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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( p) L7 Q( r( _5 FWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,' [. ?2 K/ g( r+ q' G' q# G
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 H8 p. t2 d$ S$ o" k% }And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
1 M! [) T5 b. Z5 G7 fHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,! w6 N; [7 h0 {/ f; P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
( Z) h1 B Y3 XA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
; _0 h0 {! S- w8 p4 v, [9 dWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 e* u l8 e! RAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 p& L1 |$ f) x0 r
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 y+ `4 S1 H' `7 C# C: b' Z
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." Q5 \; w/ {" e! x$ p* q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
) `9 Q4 i1 V0 u" c7 C- vAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.( Z7 @+ [- V) g* e
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 ]2 j: D% _2 @) K5 G+ u- {! w, r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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% C( ~2 g" ?* ?% ]/ Q( m8 X( VThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
; c# x$ a9 H" O- ^7 mWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,/ X+ l" e# ^1 r# v9 b3 s7 x
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 G y% `! N" N- ?# pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 P9 w8 d! _4 O3 \! A B% p* C% YOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, {( P5 r5 A: R" ], {3 LAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# o. j* W" O! N! eGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. J" O+ m* l! v- |1 B6 u2 I( P
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 j# p4 v8 @5 ]. {% \/ P4 W
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide0 M7 \ E: |& g3 g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 m' J/ v/ B1 l) B3 u( b* u# }6 M
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( l, O$ w1 {3 q" K5 K2 m& w& O7 eFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. X- Y @( F9 J$ ]* h9 G1 {/ t
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 d% A- g$ ?* H5 z. J
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
% u W/ o, a; t/ d. W* U: A# iFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! a- L+ o! g) ~1 {0 h u+ \8 h
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 N4 g. M. a- B6 b
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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