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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( I. ]8 z4 Y9 K5 f
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
% m% M2 }$ W( w& A" i8 KFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 g( d: {9 _; U& |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ V7 `7 o6 p- n" x) x- jHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 k$ Z; j9 f: Y: S) @1 oWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 c1 {1 _% P# t! `. R! T6 g( Y' aA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; X+ o! Z' T8 m4 A7 J0 u5 b7 f
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 A, |! J1 j0 N! d4 @) R- P
: \( M% I7 [8 U* a+ XUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,& U( I+ T9 v8 B5 W" q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! d3 M3 [0 ^9 |/ tHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: T- g5 D# x& CAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 p2 Y2 C$ ?6 z
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' W2 ^- h4 C4 c: x& X% FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 k* n; i% r1 u* w1 yWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
( ~2 I: B$ J N# K; v9 XGood 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,# T& ]& f1 ?: Q: l/ r; _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,2 d& H' `; F; E+ N& \% e6 i& l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
U9 C% E; b9 `' p+ ^; M, p3 YKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.7 T0 ]4 a8 Z0 ~6 x0 q6 _+ E4 v5 d8 }
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ T0 E6 f" t+ n/ x# D3 W6 Z
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;5 A% H, `9 [( A4 w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: J! ]/ |+ ` N, ^1 \6 m/ n1 xSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ T9 [3 c9 E* l" U8 N0 u( ~All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 E( d; i% o, m! g3 DIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( ^1 {2 a- D) H+ ?$ O* K$ R
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) n) y5 M* p% P7 u3 i, D: x' K
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# w# I' S( R% t! ^* J" ` m [On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
M9 e+ g, E/ r; {) nFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,4 n- z5 z! P) `" V
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 e6 Q: a; Y6 p1 e+ R( w* q8 D3 z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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