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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 U5 _! q$ Y. H X: L
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
% f$ P# w9 U- x0 X& HFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. u4 m9 s5 c7 r' U- D" {' e
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 r2 M% ^: j5 i" g+ xHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 {; _- L8 E( TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;! H9 T6 F* W) H8 B1 T
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ { t* {8 e1 J, A; j
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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. D/ t- x6 [- cUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" R7 i; I) B& x- l; c) V) Q* J) h9 XAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,0 g- @; K6 I2 j3 }4 U6 E
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 o5 L) E9 F$ ~* a
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; t- Y8 I0 s# l7 j5 FWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; c1 n3 ?' h, m) fAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& l$ X7 R+ ?4 `+ m# q5 L
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
- n, m; @2 c1 c7 p4 ^Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: a% q8 k! ]" {) b( J
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 e; n$ H w# _7 a+ `* p4 w$ D
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago., G3 G! J2 Y n5 g; A2 d9 M
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 j, ?# P3 f2 k, f* W% S% zAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 n1 V6 [ G; hGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 m6 I: Y' m5 v1 V; e* R. wSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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1 H8 I1 C" w) l! s6 ?6 LAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide: L) `6 S+ W& _* y2 K, q7 x' G
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," u- ^2 V! s/ i: |. X) [
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 T3 i+ T# A( |1 [$ r! f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 p1 k) S6 l% S, {, [ yHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
/ s, R1 V* m/ ~- ^: w# v9 _On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;% U* a5 }9 ]' F. z+ ?
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! E# s# V* O+ ]7 \& W
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 u& A8 ?' V- i; d& a# b6 `
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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