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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay. m% N5 t& @6 z* j3 j% ]( D
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,# u8 ?5 q- { c# l
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' h1 G: v9 |; }. W' W3 KAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 g' k) h+ s! \: l3 T9 z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
. a" h. {' e- i3 m7 t+ RWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* r1 T6 M+ ~8 y1 n6 Y: f% s* ]
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ q {* y1 f$ C
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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5 H N; B M" hUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 \! r- \5 C9 g, ~# d9 nAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,! W/ K, q" `) O' I
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 d; y- }1 d, m
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: w, @' K+ K" b/ v) O W5 a" e8 AWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& d5 V) {9 l3 a$ [8 ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# A3 Y/ L6 b) H5 @
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& n$ S# W# {7 `0 JGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., O- }! L7 Y6 v+ T, w. p! i2 \
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% a( H1 ~% d$ R H$ K' GThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,& `9 p6 b1 l# W' M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 x' {; Y. _9 l2 g' j
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 [9 ?1 K6 a' J+ Q j
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* _( g8 I. G8 D K8 Z8 C R4 u& |; {5 B
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
- o% w- i5 U3 G( ~' b- n8 oAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; J- k; F3 ]4 w3 ?& [/ h! wGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 r) S: b+ J( M- ~! ^5 c
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she., S) {7 v) E; ?- R- ], a- Y
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ D# d# a$ X5 g/ ~3 ]6 {5 bAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ o. j* v+ A5 p3 V
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, v) q% G8 E1 J/ U8 X9 w: ?: {For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ r2 X- l* U: ^3 g NHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) M. A8 S# J: a0 y4 E+ i4 ^On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
7 W( m7 e' X2 D5 r( ?From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 }/ N2 u( ]7 q" w- WBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
3 k1 A, F9 p- ?" H: C/ M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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