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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay! h h- L8 F, X' ~( n( W/ v
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 |# E1 C( K! W. _' f5 ?+ C
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- U5 E2 U7 I# `8 |% G
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; Y g a) Y7 F3 V
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 X* r: D2 s1 R! z& z: v
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' a- q- o% L! H2 k
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 n' c, q) _2 o( W M1 \) oWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 f2 @ i0 m+ @% H5 b6 s8 gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' g6 p3 Q" q2 c3 i1 R7 PHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;0 Z/ O% N3 R f8 v1 S' h/ H6 d
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., U% S- d1 o M5 [% r
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 P( T9 j+ F& G7 Z* nAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., C- N8 ^5 Z9 n8 [7 o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,6 R7 n1 J7 r# H* B0 g+ M: `, ~
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 h8 @) N% I& m; R" mWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 w3 u2 E- c+ r7 n, }7 y) D& V
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* E4 w9 H. g& K5 L
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 [' w4 `* L. Z1 M
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
6 G |( t# w! sAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ U: l; [2 B$ H" t6 N) }Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( `5 ^ I1 Y& J3 v4 F( W# x' ZSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. w4 _. U; Z' g0 N1 o! SAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" B) P* Y! t& y9 J2 xAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 q8 o. R- { B U6 f) KIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# a: m8 k' V: WFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& {4 r! w7 o# h8 D9 o
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
% @5 j' v- i2 C; [/ H) K! eOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;5 S4 F. X9 E( a# {
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 N" _9 d! a1 [
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' A3 J; `7 }# }; d0 f3 B----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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