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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% @8 n' }& |5 |+ M1 |/ [, @
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ x$ L( [- H" z
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
o9 @& o' u L1 c/ _9 g& dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
Z) X/ B0 @) y( | KHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! {8 E2 `7 N) v3 U( ^Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ ^* A1 t) a7 ^% n, k$ q' y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; j n4 \. }+ N: [$ b
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 K, g; z2 i1 S' j, i8 t
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 z3 p N7 C3 T j/ }And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,: J' a1 a* Y4 u/ b0 h2 S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
# ~0 b2 z( a$ r- U& nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
w% o7 I# R( N! BWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 g) ]' I6 v0 [" M! Q
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- b3 J+ u7 a s! RWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
9 H0 D6 A* e1 n# {4 N1 x; @Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' F2 F& T) Z$ x. L9 o, l P
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,! N( E( z* B9 r- B, Q8 D
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* I" S: l4 W/ Z# B6 h
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 S5 b" @9 x V, s1 P4 ?
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 I% x7 g9 \: J/ cOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 t- U, S2 F$ ]6 c0 p, W( oAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' C, r. Z2 Q; s9 V5 W3 X% S9 |( ^Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, O* J& W* }5 q* y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* e! ?. X9 j* g/ ]( Y) M" |And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 ^( ?# @ ~. l; k4 J
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: e% M4 Y" V2 y7 h0 A4 ^In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 J: z* c% M( P8 ]4 |& n. j" @
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 F- U T: v. VHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: b1 g" C! S4 t
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 ~4 G x+ z1 E, _% C" FFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( R' D n) j5 [- E5 z' zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ e5 ^$ q5 y' r9 [; O: Z+ B
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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