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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 |' f A" u) G# \# f4 y) cWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 I. `1 i9 U0 Y2 N+ u3 c3 mFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,! S5 l- j8 t! n) I a
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
9 F/ l+ y# L4 e, K, wHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
% o6 M# d% s& S7 U1 r" ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;9 S! Q2 }; p1 B H6 F
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
$ Y! \& U7 m7 e1 N+ \6 e! qWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., g! m# p' `8 B* X5 Y" o: j( ]8 j
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 Y7 G B# W. \/ P+ u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% W. l0 G% p/ L N& K
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 q c' P+ V8 x4 r3 F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ B( w/ [" V5 bWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,6 L- u! A' G" I1 l [5 p
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.1 A& M& m( U6 }- @8 A
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ L' R8 {0 @. K1 W- b/ H( Z2 X
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. q+ `' X% M3 V. P' }! Z5 P
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5 R3 {1 [' p$ f% e# x3 T+ s! oThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,/ m% T* @8 U8 I: V# A
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! \7 I5 m2 Z3 u! E/ R1 b4 eJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ u2 t- o5 E5 N8 j* g2 D4 M! SKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ b* R9 g* F3 I! @7 B3 w: [On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: j( T) x$ _$ n) M# A6 S
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 f( {! `/ l8 _+ }
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' B- w+ D" W% ~$ R, `& U* e7 MSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 ?+ l/ L3 M0 g- w& ^. a/ K
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
% Q: L8 e: Q* V" a3 c, W8 BAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
" F' K* [7 Q/ t( }0 dIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) o2 J5 p) D$ z9 R+ j9 Z* x1 XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 n e& `0 l! q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* G4 Z h$ P1 ]# g. x3 \
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) w. ^% B% y6 H( q$ L3 QFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
8 W+ B& I! A* zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# q) ?5 i0 ~4 z4 f' u1 k9 p" C----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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