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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; Z) \' D6 k E- R9 r9 Y3 k
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) y% M! n: e2 K$ |8 d8 s. F$ ^
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 U' F% q( l- sAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.3 h$ i1 e6 m4 u* P- A3 a
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 E: m; f8 Q& c8 r. ~* b; S; [Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 c3 }# T2 j9 t, z1 kA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
0 v& y" ]& c2 s6 b0 m/ g0 dWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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- W* P* G7 P4 VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,$ j* o4 M2 W( @, ?# w( G; V
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,( i# O) e- \" B
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; R8 h X' P b) f9 y# v* F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., f9 ~# J+ V) P
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! z7 d3 ?/ B9 I: a1 a- W* v
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) f% Y9 C @# x! Q: j! S4 l" y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; i# T9 f- \+ e$ @
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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0 {* |+ Y' t. L. Q# LThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ r& `/ y- N2 G4 n9 B4 i9 o$ f
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 k! B$ V* H* g: J* ]Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 |: @' }( z3 A) D8 p( Q8 k; {
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 c8 A+ N7 J3 L) d- b
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
% V5 W, n `8 E8 k+ OAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ R, P$ Z0 ^8 z/ q$ g& G
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& v2 o$ D2 }' v! ~: c. H( j- ZSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; A& v* h$ r* q
; d2 e& e1 T" ]+ B1 h% X$ dAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; @6 C: ?6 G' {; q
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 T' n0 W' P8 u) q1 g, i5 Q4 k5 XIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
0 _. N2 s# _4 u; o6 bFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
; m3 b& r; P7 r* ]1 q% JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 L2 ?: s- X* U! y. d5 L/ vOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" U3 C6 a! ~1 MFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 t; P+ o& ]% I* p0 o
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ Y" g8 R0 E: R8 _1 C----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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