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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, q: Q; `, N8 ~# I, R
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
8 S) ]1 N1 v5 ?From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. h5 [! Q3 @ C% f6 r& H
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! s$ s- n5 D/ n: }# g7 h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* j4 x5 S; V1 X9 k
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;8 g' F% W3 q, w- W e" p3 u
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
) }1 h" Q8 o! k5 s1 d, qWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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3 H# K# o: a& T- AUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 }/ N1 e: K5 {# `And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, N2 m* @. @6 j2 a; LHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' Q- p0 x# G3 @* dAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.; C a) I6 Z* x+ M4 Y3 r- b" f
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,+ I/ `! A/ w1 P, D; Q; A2 N d9 T
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( u& v0 i" _, W" y& p, DWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
' y. a, X4 {6 _+ wGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ ?$ B' V5 g2 J4 E7 MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
% P6 o, P0 M( X* v+ ]9 U4 M! QWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
. |" ?( E1 G0 J. ^Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,& R O# P- a* f! A2 c
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.+ ?! Y- s+ b* S+ ^2 l
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,1 w8 o& _/ L3 B3 X# J7 Q- R
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( n5 ^7 g; e! A6 h' s
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
# U0 g5 Q, t3 g3 O- y6 H! |Such 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 wide
& n' ^$ A; [+ n0 b) F$ BAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. b' o# s" P/ E+ k( P' o- O1 m
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ B* a u) [ }+ A" k
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) d( I( F) B$ ~5 WHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& b2 y( U% b" H/ \3 O6 VOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 G. F' a) I, x" B& {
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,4 D* _8 y6 ?: U& {8 S+ V
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.$ f& a) r* l$ P w
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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