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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( |/ T& N6 x% |( }- i( U
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& f; x' G1 ]6 f0 C# v1 d; ]! n7 m/ J
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- P- \0 t+ R r; r$ i2 o: W. Y. |And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
. X' C# ?% S: s$ }5 c8 BHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 t' D% F$ Z3 H w4 V- I, L$ d
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 O' b& ]% v- a+ qA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* U1 O6 J; s% j& D; N. y; JWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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! K1 Z- v( _, \: _/ B3 HUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 @! x! g( r" X
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% J" S4 H% B" O, z2 C" kHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% R; E9 N$ C5 I k) q# J t* XAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: _9 t% G( C" O
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
. G2 B# H5 o* i" gAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: U# K1 w, N5 o1 F3 PWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# }2 e% ~+ ?4 ]! Z) A! {7 H; [
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 z, a1 B. I6 a2 D, i. V. |# D
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$ ~7 r1 m6 }+ O$ @0 x) S, K1 c0 sThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
4 P0 ?( z: u, d/ b! K6 {6 T5 FWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 P* w$ J1 ]( V4 U
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
$ w8 G) P7 M T& P1 qKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.: [* A( E X( i! E: _
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* s! F* B0 k8 s/ y1 ~8 K* X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# {- d2 f. r+ g5 w! N5 g9 i, h
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 `9 n5 l7 ^- }/ l' H' d. ^& fSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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4 F# K8 Z8 |8 n( d/ o/ PAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 z& d) H, c0 [4 c _
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,5 `' @* T" F$ @/ q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ a4 ~1 f T% j- ~6 Z: d: x
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 {0 r+ W: A# ^* B3 [& c ]4 qHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 @9 o. A, } POn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 ]% J) d/ }4 n. V9 ~/ k w
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) r8 x$ c1 h6 \Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 D! [1 ]2 g, Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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