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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# K- u g0 J9 o3 @9 k. o) G) |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ E% I2 U8 o' s, ?) O' k3 A# o
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
1 W5 ^! e/ |" q0 j% fAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.. O- ~6 ~0 _2 W* L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 B: ^' H. W0 S4 a6 B
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* A$ s% F& z1 J1 |: Y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 j& r) f# K# q7 e6 X1 O. c) aWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.; I' Q+ I& P& _) s( E
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ A6 R2 F4 f+ B* f6 l: aAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
3 X. N7 U( M1 d+ |- xHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
; b( ^: k* v: f' Q( R. K& i7 { ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 ^3 Z2 _4 d* @- n) [: d! a
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,1 W) F9 {1 z5 j5 B7 a8 d- w% p& E% W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
3 b& J5 r* i$ Z3 m" {8 x9 cWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; s; W9 l8 N: O1 {
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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: j1 d z, R7 S8 D3 M+ hThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
5 v% f) n4 ^8 XWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 i3 m) q6 ~! x' v3 ~Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 I+ K) |9 Q" ?4 _( s) ]
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.7 f+ F4 J1 U* z' g# X
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, x3 k( v" U) V
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( H' Q9 R! w0 s6 w9 p/ P6 c
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 o k( X8 x$ hSuch 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! ^" O Q- m( T4 T
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' m O* Y1 A% z$ V) U3 {$ q: Z. Y" x W
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" W; x, `: { R( }, c0 u$ C9 s) MFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 A% k+ F1 l1 [9 _6 h& I, p/ k7 B
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 ~4 |/ Z }) ?5 p, [! _& HOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
- y# Y, O" e6 A: zFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,% S* w) O# _* ?4 L
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' o; V |* ?3 w. c! A. I/ U# M# x----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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