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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
" P3 q% I. |0 Q; ^' T. Y$ PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 r" \- e! S7 y! G/ w* YFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( A3 O5 M* j( w5 A/ K' VAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! W$ v, x/ ~' L# H, X0 [
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. z2 ]$ {7 }5 Z+ [) L
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 G, {- f, P* A- e2 C- x. l
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ i1 w% e* W; I' {2 |" a {6 x
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., T( A! o% ~- Z5 _" B
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( c$ O4 E; [5 E B; d% s$ |And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; }$ C; U4 m8 Y+ `9 I
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ k" X5 y W8 N5 D; P1 @3 x8 s
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ ?9 S2 u. z' j$ X" wWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
: l u# D' i* fAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 o7 U* o! D1 N" I3 ~: @
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
]2 d( [; q- S" O- qGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! Z1 {7 `6 i. g9 T5 @$ w
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,( n! l7 k( v0 o* S5 L
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
( i Z9 ~0 D( |- Z. e8 ]+ CJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
; [3 w) U% t& l$ x1 CKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ l6 U) \" a# ]# t8 `' W TOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) P% |4 z4 B* i+ h
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 X1 T8 ?+ _3 m8 p4 @; | hGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ i+ G2 g: G# V, ?9 ~
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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# u) L/ A0 V6 I$ RAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
) T2 v* B( |- ?1 w+ W5 X" ^( YAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( O4 w/ |* ~; v0 C/ T- bIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,$ W' U3 }+ S/ @- {& ?, C
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; Q9 Z" j- H' \1 I& g( j: V
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
3 u) B3 o8 R9 G: q# y6 j COn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 s) m1 i* W I0 Y! y! T5 X2 U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; @ L4 p/ C: A& P( M' g) \" Q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 u8 D4 C: u2 u----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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