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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay+ b ]" q: z. Y$ G
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& F" |" X G& p2 |! q% W" Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
R- [. t; S. I1 L% C* d/ D" j. iAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 i8 K* w1 y m! L# QHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,! L* ], c2 c& _+ f, Q' N
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 X8 D+ m6 t' f/ cA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 \, A* g9 T# v: X3 k0 QWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' q+ O+ Z, I2 o8 D# U* v% YUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 k# Q! p! `! y# u# J
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, m! T' Z$ |8 c# M3 U8 l, w4 fHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 j* y) ~& V) v5 A: ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ _( i" G. L+ ~" a7 k' JWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
0 e( n2 s# G2 `' E: H+ ?9 KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* B2 M% A( T5 l, D, }' {When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
1 |8 C; d3 K$ MGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! s# b7 n+ b3 }# `
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, k! ?; t; d# _" R* {4 y) t j
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
# k; Q/ }% H) ?7 E4 X, |Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 |$ k v% l- @) x; {0 K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- N4 V# X% j5 l6 V- m4 jOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, r& Y. c; ]5 d1 @0 @/ p! k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
* L& W$ @2 M, ?% k! a' YGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, s/ p& \ F- _. _3 m4 h3 t
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 j+ }; C/ C" j. v! G& x
! G* z) |" P) Z! M2 d7 F0 |% AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ W6 Y* ^5 u( Q6 |1 eAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) c, n- m; J$ |, T
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# y5 r' D8 h, f. j3 XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; s3 g: D7 P1 a ]+ B( m- i& g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
, S% s4 A0 R3 d+ m- jOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 t$ O) X3 [/ [, @3 _8 T. b
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* R' i6 p7 x$ A( J4 a! RBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
) ]- L- ^7 K5 [! X7 w----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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