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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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# U5 D0 b0 B% M p& CFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# n5 ?/ B$ F( Y3 B% l/ E( w
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 m# D" C- i% f: q% BHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 H# y8 t2 {* l5 j" v- ^Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
: E! }& k, |# E$ u! jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. t( O0 Z I' B% Z* l( a. ?- E2 g* M6 e
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
5 q; I$ u$ Q; o3 V }+ j+ iAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 n2 k/ {1 ]* u- A5 yHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& ~: H) W8 q+ b/ }% @
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
( J) M1 f5 _! F) I3 r: jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
% B: f- K. G% A' KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.3 R/ _/ U+ V. A2 O9 x2 a3 k1 S
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
1 c0 ?8 D2 b) GGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 _( f1 n( C' z. E8 W0 d1 l
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R3 e2 d# C& c# PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,: Q+ K- h* H& W0 m( q4 }/ f$ C
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,7 `3 d7 e* o. }2 Q5 I1 o
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ G9 h8 u+ Z2 k0 R5 N; h2 z4 XKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.. j0 } n4 {. G. _
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! d1 }& T5 h) P% ~. U# O3 j+ ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( y/ Z' l/ e! D
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,( e$ ~; l; ]" f) f& @8 ~; p" S
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 m5 p) ]4 r7 s( {
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; s5 E! u. V/ Z; A" m7 ? aAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 J8 y( J% L$ d0 Z6 m
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 h, h9 x! G1 _For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 e6 m3 J/ R! p( f& v& B/ zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- w0 M h. J: ~3 N$ f6 KOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 _# Z6 r; C1 V# b8 w2 oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, z$ h8 c' ?! ?
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 @, `6 ]* H" A: j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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