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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( ~* N( t/ i) H& Y7 a5 e1 [When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 d0 C* G0 ?6 p4 I0 g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 x: H8 U) X8 ~! [) O; ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# k0 x" {( H# t" r
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* U* @- m6 _4 @; [0 m# ?
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 G; \- p" C6 G
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, D1 @% s; O* G
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 C7 x4 C0 n$ [4 e7 T4 i
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,& N; o" ^. _1 }6 p
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 B: G! V3 x. h3 g9 S. z9 F) a' ]
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ V4 e1 K5 m+ L& b6 y" P, mAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 E" V8 a% j0 v [6 |5 L
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! J9 |7 S: F: a% I/ M9 ~And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' h3 `9 @0 {/ t2 c1 ]& `- ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 L* x% `5 C/ Q5 d4 f7 k4 |
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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' i6 u; _; l c o kThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 b: V1 X5 k6 ~& S) d
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ n9 K5 J, n% l/ @: _Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
. x1 L6 P6 L7 c8 ~* ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. `+ V" E. L8 B, h# B8 Y6 ^8 eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
1 f9 Z q% Q+ L Q, v" X7 |3 EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;7 a, C/ ]. b9 c0 q/ k& x4 |
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& Y/ @. R. y/ x/ s7 iSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she./ w4 Y! v. Y0 T7 Z, N
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
9 ?9 S" N$ W( F. G. ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' P0 `) j) ]5 b' I5 }( \. w
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. @2 Z+ R0 m! [1 M$ rFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.% I& j- @$ g# J0 b
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 Y7 z8 }8 @& P0 |8 j; d* h! b
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ D- [6 y6 q8 P! L: v$ t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 M( R3 [& c3 QBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
}6 a; {$ ]+ Q4 c----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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