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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' q2 `: @/ M8 h/ _When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 b/ z( l4 X* M* S! }; T
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
+ _2 B, _( m, E' GAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
& I+ K+ D# S% H' k! Z8 gHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 x8 G) }4 I5 X) J$ f, |; e! q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ a x) q3 e5 F) z; e
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% v2 W1 b# }$ CWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 Z# w* z& d6 ?, n2 b$ t" A
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,0 |8 `0 [ O! l* |5 A6 ^
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; @2 T9 R& t1 [' e( l
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
M8 Y- t: Z* m* G- pWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
5 v) |" H$ q3 f: [9 B; OAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% R3 @) ^" X0 |# j! d5 L
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
/ U" H0 R! H- p3 i; FGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.6 d4 j: @0 Q: p
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. q0 o( B! l! HWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 V4 _* P& e: E; w% z7 d* I |* T
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
6 u" k6 \" o2 H/ O, WKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.- y- q; W, \8 x+ l+ R# p
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' ]2 h' I' \8 u9 @ `9 `And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
. }; {( P3 ?! U/ QGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! `- G! `! @( I8 H# `% JSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.2 |1 ]' x$ G$ F& {( t
9 f6 C5 F- e9 g; X* pAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
( {# {& Z* m( Z5 U9 FAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; \! C/ g8 |( ?& y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 U1 n6 k& K6 }# \+ G, g$ Y
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! K4 ]- x1 |+ d1 M7 J$ D+ iHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; h7 I4 F$ h$ y$ r
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;, u! k. P& \5 w/ J8 M, n) `' s
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 u# j# A+ a# {- X' uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
* y% s& r3 `1 G! f7 P----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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