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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay: ~( a* M2 d: C/ p& p. p% V
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 l, U6 u- |. d' ^ j, nFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
) Z' L; H# d# b; LAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* Y" Y; e; y& I( SHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 B+ V, K& s7 Q+ c- u# S% {Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 \: U% L ~( p$ Y1 |A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 r( R$ S( y$ Z* U* k) I
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.4 X! m5 m( n9 s* G
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; B/ N4 k. t" ] q$ f
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; i+ S1 w3 y% ?; z" @1 ~Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
2 X% t4 S, W; V# [: f3 VAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 r4 F! S3 D+ ^% FWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' [5 T$ {1 A0 [7 q* w% v3 NAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: v# Y/ X3 n! k* r( m% L% HWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 D( r) w, l9 u. L: J( U1 ^
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.8 k9 O \9 ~7 e8 O ^9 |/ q
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& E9 {/ D P( B( |- C1 u1 ?/ \+ f% P5 GThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! s0 _- T8 o3 N0 W8 _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, A% `6 [4 T9 k6 n8 \
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" I- o# x6 I4 ?. T0 N9 rKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 U/ a3 z2 W3 C% F+ k( w& COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 Y1 T* S! z# }# rAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# Q, w7 [7 a9 v+ a0 i/ k4 uGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
e, G& r# A! {Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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: m7 g' l }3 E; U Z* p+ NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
S' u/ e2 }0 G: {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 x! ]% {! n# K: J( g: T6 ^In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ _. k1 D5 ?: N1 S" h) v
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 m3 O( i1 H8 D3 x7 ` ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( Q9 k. S) P) a7 t+ z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;% ~7 M0 o/ r/ v, D) ]' N" c) N, Q* O
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) X! ^, t1 ~8 ~$ qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ B& M7 d6 r F% Q& _6 C----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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