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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ j3 z" R* T! D$ a5 v' i7 X7 t
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 u1 |, N. `- ?8 U' ^, b; @) F [. i9 A
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
: _" a- }6 k8 O( O$ kAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' ]4 k `: r% R% g8 X
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- g0 ~: r: X$ o- l5 F; V7 \) QWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' P( K# R/ X. g2 I% X7 t b6 n
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. S y$ x! j: K( V# U- B- [# ~$ W
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
. Y( O0 X( Y g6 D) H- iAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ V$ Z# }8 T* j4 Y. mHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 q9 g* F/ M. \3 d7 N1 i! B: N0 eAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 a$ \' C" N6 U8 G) k3 i9 sWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 t6 ?9 ~6 A! A8 o; r$ QAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 m5 e1 P4 a* e& X3 `When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- L- X; s7 y$ {
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," [4 i" ^/ V: h! u
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% j6 ^3 k/ m4 L5 EJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ B0 E% [$ V, C2 w- o+ X4 |1 U
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) N. p' @5 G" d) X1 uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; @, G0 h2 C& R- {0 q& j, H/ X/ X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 ~6 g ~, k" Y$ G2 J; OGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
{2 S+ K9 x0 x2 mSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% A, P, W6 `4 k; E
0 \5 s- p0 S+ X2 ~And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
9 B! J9 o P* W2 u Y9 M/ ?All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& l& v8 a" G+ d; W: b6 g( A
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 Q( Z! Z* K# l6 v
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* G1 {* h# K' E# y5 I
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& v: b% h5 B% Y3 OOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
* G" A& t. J. U& OFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 y6 V' _0 K0 n F. A
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 X+ C( b* r- g& B7 d- [
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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