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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay: J- W3 B, u( r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( `% ]( n+ ?" m! V, ?/ [From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' W1 A) X! ^+ E- y, x
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 X. g. F1 \/ X6 r2 m
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 H* R9 F0 j7 _" S, ~* S- FWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 ^7 }+ J2 U4 `. W2 sA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- s- V2 A3 y$ {Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 D8 }8 ^* k% c2 \0 [) D4 _% zAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) a# c! N# o( Q: Q. | D
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 ^( _' R5 `6 l% o* _Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 f: g2 p1 N' _; X& X# P0 ]With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' o8 W& P3 `. ~: h2 uAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ R( ]8 s, a: h. ^0 D5 Q; l' y6 IWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ U+ v- G! l" f$ Q
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 b% @4 p5 u/ [ ]* n. `6 v
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,# H1 E# Z1 C1 b3 c
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 a5 m" Y: I# o+ d/ NJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 C |; U4 h! ]2 r. ~
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- z& Z* C- \- {4 |. a0 ?4 u4 GOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 U* c2 w! O4 G: r% i: cAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 [/ N% H9 y4 a7 }# ^" D4 q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& r7 X4 l) d! f+ r; n6 w+ ESuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( k' _; P, {7 R3 n9 ~3 L, a
0 b' |& _/ a, J6 \0 h! {And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; B; M; v: ]- i% d- @" n( v, m( iAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! C B" q; Y1 N' ]- l E2 Y: w4 IIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 C% n+ c9 L" V" K, F }% W* {For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 ]( y0 l$ W' n" BHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 w) |; R7 Z, ~; C5 v
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 J$ E9 V! u9 Y M, Z9 V/ I [6 N
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 U! c- S# m. n6 J0 R
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 g( Z7 u/ L- W7 z4 y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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