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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
d# _2 V( Q: w3 C2 @When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,3 K0 W5 A- y) e6 j9 m& u. [
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ j7 G2 u9 {/ \% v/ E, t5 \3 CAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 g& N2 W: ^: @1 f0 YHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 `7 V( e( c# Y0 Q* TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 A- E2 y6 d9 _; tA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 z6 K7 i& _( f8 g" S6 _- l
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 Z0 _, P) W, n0 L
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 q, [( ]) N; a. G& z5 Y8 o! ?
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& T: v. x8 P E8 o) i
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 ~9 e# C' C% s/ X# S
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, u& C- ^: n# u; H% a
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) v d( W. B# V- O4 |# w
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# a! {, c0 i% d
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 R2 I1 c$ J; Q; L' z: ~. d
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: l7 ]1 m+ m1 D& A6 s N& |. h0 VThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,. P9 n( N( F+ V4 d) o
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
* N1 Y: d# l, a) k! O7 jJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% O8 Y% q8 E& n$ e5 w s$ IKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# N5 m# H8 g1 \+ W2 _/ E2 _5 z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,6 y! s8 L, k" S3 m5 [
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
, U9 S. W& [" o+ R- M' MGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, q" q V0 x b' R) R
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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' n/ x2 G# E" s0 j. f1 M$ U" i6 nAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. O7 H e8 B' {+ }
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,5 P% d, i: M; V* \6 y1 G
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( b3 U7 F- f$ n- X5 d' w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 B( D$ t, E, U: u7 ^Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ ~' Q) @7 O4 g( h
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 f {" [' c, ~& u$ d
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, f+ c& w# H9 D J/ m3 j y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" I, Z1 U6 {. k Y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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