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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 s& I3 B& W0 CWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 B3 W" U, V/ Y; s$ a4 K8 ^7 |From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,& k& W. H! _1 |1 g2 ?4 Y
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 t- I8 ]6 y9 w8 I' x0 O$ R7 C
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, L8 `( d$ X1 s3 i
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;9 e6 a$ \& m! b& V2 Q+ P2 n1 W# ~/ R
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
. @2 s! p) s( O0 cWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 m9 w8 T' P: ^/ B+ d9 t
$ x: M( O$ d$ @9 T& ~8 M; `Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! W) @; I+ h. y" QAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 }( U. Y% K/ [0 k, \2 iHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;. {" F$ I. u v# ], M
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 f$ X, m2 ]9 w( [) ^With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 m! r& w( r( n. sAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* y z$ b- b+ u! N* y3 C! r$ uWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,0 L9 Y: o+ @4 E! W s8 J
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 ? b+ M* N7 o# X3 o9 t' {( r
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& [4 x2 }+ Z; D' `2 ~& b0 v+ WThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," g% J) b7 c9 M* w( j! {
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light," K7 {& {" i" Z! q( E* b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
& G1 X2 y. a, Y& @Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.1 R4 V U% i+ ~ f
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& O4 \$ C, b# H- h1 O1 z" l- wAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& w% z6 J5 S- h$ o
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 J/ G' L0 W! m
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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- K2 ^2 V8 |# H( s/ ^And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; |, d, Q' n! N) JAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' u. T$ i v. ^, O3 u5 ~
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& J: I8 d- [3 R* @) V# A
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 _1 [; u+ R2 e4 }8 M7 h) _8 z) WHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; m9 n0 |* G4 _8 x% K7 R* ]* L
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' g6 E f9 z4 f- V1 H7 T" T1 a2 D- O
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: }/ x6 }1 U' qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ t G" g! `$ U& T# a U( @----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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