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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ N/ p& Y- |( J# }; D
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) c7 \2 p n2 X8 {
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ h% ?4 d7 f) v2 D( t
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
& Z+ q! ?. i1 d2 x- E; ]0 eHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,2 @! f% I* a5 d! v" `2 Q: P9 K
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 `7 A) P0 j3 p
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 e v* d& q7 z1 y' e
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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- D$ i6 w, U& }- jUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,. U1 R" t1 S! e% G7 y, f
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( u" X* S' \* _# ]: }Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
8 b7 e! y9 o; m! SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
6 P: i7 p( N3 Q9 @! @" G3 T/ wWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 V! d+ ~6 k( p7 e6 i. V5 }+ EAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# q, a) O* x7 R: Y J4 k7 |
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,$ f4 l9 ^0 }# |; d3 k" V# A
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' Q4 ~. o$ F9 m
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. M. F8 C5 w" F2 |7 [There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* q! r/ S, D, P+ D) j0 WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,2 S9 m2 {7 C- d
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
; N# A( `; [; M- aKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 K' T9 `5 }- o; _; z, S# XOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,0 Y$ ~* D8 g" C, J
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" b& T' l' g1 C9 q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 I1 b3 u, N" S" I$ y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 y3 W# S* R. [/ n% m& w
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; h) T5 K6 ~ e5 h3 T6 I
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: |& H9 l& U, z2 UIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 U4 r$ O7 O" g: E/ c+ h+ p! ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. ~' V2 ] ` EHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. k5 X V' i6 L1 i6 d
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! } u) C9 c& C7 x) P ^" x
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 M2 g* Y. f. \& ]) J- C( aBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 e; G8 \6 j+ h/ _9 G5 t
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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