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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
- B" X- P4 I1 `2 T3 xWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( J2 h& s8 S) T1 D; ~! o% [
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; x% O6 v! [! k, P2 H6 ~: b4 PAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) u; C$ g0 y9 _6 \; m0 a Q- d `0 ^ }His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 M0 z7 O m. g0 B$ J8 }! C# Q# wWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( ^. h: H9 |- X# C+ N# Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
6 s; `4 [% g2 @4 yWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: r% G( C3 X! S2 \
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,6 i8 V5 x6 r( ^: e ?' ~/ E0 V
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 H H4 j3 t2 u
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- h1 D2 o6 u* g7 M! @ a
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' N+ I, t7 Q& ?: i. g( Z1 w t! u
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; Y0 c6 s) h5 |+ |4 dWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 }! T& R# v4 N1 b1 k0 S/ I Q! N
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- v m E" v' E- z/ W7 y0 M, f' lThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 A( H6 b' T! q# JWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 K1 N" g2 V4 q+ Z8 e! \Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," P$ z5 U; c4 g$ \9 h
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) ^# s* g5 g8 L3 |. u0 GOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 Z( h# O4 z* ?! l- A4 i8 R* [And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ F- e, b0 E: l% U k' k% H: Z
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
2 J6 S3 g' o- M0 ~Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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& Y0 u0 G+ i/ {6 \' e; a7 s- oAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide: F( Y2 i0 [3 q. Z; n; }: U% ~8 J7 \
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, S1 N9 ]" q7 ]7 M) gIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 D* g1 v5 M" ^For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- u% T& K5 S3 R* R+ @Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,# C+ B ~' }) B' p4 B
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ m1 }; S; w: |2 i6 xFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,* g( r8 \! F e9 K, g$ Z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" p/ P8 y/ r F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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