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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( B% _$ X. l7 r& kWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( b& y$ \1 _ l! v0 Z
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 Z, I7 R0 }) W0 t6 ?8 L
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.. Z* i9 z# R1 h+ w3 _
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," n* t, R* x1 e I) [
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) O( Z6 G! ~4 ^% P# p8 J8 TA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," ]9 j( [$ n- C6 s
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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9 i. n( E1 k! N* tUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: n/ ]' S+ _& @9 r; Y
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" E6 r: e; r# g" q) QHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( j, s' g- g, t1 D5 sAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; p# Z: g- z4 S' [: t R9 |With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,# P/ Q7 L* k8 n9 b! t. ?; M
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- B' R5 U) r2 c7 pWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& O- J: a; z5 ~9 H$ T" g7 x
Good 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,
/ B! w4 B1 ^. m; M- WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 S0 u: s; l; w0 `# W$ D; bJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% ?3 a: _8 x' U6 m, jKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 j0 @* b; P! pOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ J3 z1 j, y# ?6 N
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! ?" `% J; o. a
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ B( V& Q! s: K/ \% S# N! ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 f3 N* P9 T! \' Z( E2 _. H9 u7 ^; m
) }8 M- ]. k6 I# S: b ?And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" b' i8 _: I, U& W, Q+ b: p) lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 k2 P: L5 j2 T# M) _% M5 JIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 l7 N: v6 ?" O# b; ]8 LFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
X' e% h3 O$ x. Y1 b7 Y9 zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,7 u6 T0 F/ n" l" w; h
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. B5 T! @2 H0 k# }8 A+ u7 F+ U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 v, k& B( q' g) K4 G: K7 a- R
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 s( K2 i( F" ^1 Y! a
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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