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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) Y; j! h. T6 a- ~
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 C$ F7 z, X( tFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 I- F- f0 Z! d5 G& i
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* Y8 H. x- j+ y. V
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 s8 e& |% Q6 Z; j$ ?- i- vWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 p" r8 I: w9 I+ U6 k m
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& b$ h/ _9 l! N" S2 j6 ]9 j/ k
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 e+ E8 `+ i% n" M' ^
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,! Y" g t3 @3 e, k1 P
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 c5 U0 |4 J, |- R ~Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
R, q* M) `0 z% c/ R3 W- C* Z) aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) U7 l9 i! n# T: C1 h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 a, s7 H5 b7 V3 k% wAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% R- M2 C9 |+ F1 h1 E5 z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* ^" r5 S' J$ Z. v, Z3 a* E8 _Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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: i/ T% g% f0 JThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. P& d; k& T9 q- T9 e5 I' n |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& r# P: `% U! W( A! L7 lJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) t. L. M2 C; C/ ?* y T% {. sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ ^$ N' f' @: s+ j$ ]On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,7 G2 [* j# W9 Z/ V+ z; d0 x
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 t4 P" k$ v' L9 u9 Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# k0 M( e7 V6 k0 B! S
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* w( R& h4 o% E# a1 s- G. @1 c# Q) v
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
( G; S4 e3 c) Z" d! CAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,7 d' I' u8 E9 W! r6 D4 U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 }: Q1 a5 U" A I$ T6 m
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ e `6 m9 j/ ~- x& i
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,9 a- a9 H, E r/ K! i, f) c
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" P1 H- M0 P& G7 u/ _From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
$ s) k; F; R7 G/ y2 H2 f4 ABringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 _- X; P9 N% j3 Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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