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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay/ a1 r# f$ [7 p+ J5 ^# q+ _1 N6 _
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ `! {8 P9 Y% BFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- l8 w: `0 Q' Q( o1 [7 r8 y3 rAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; T$ R) u% Q' |; W( q3 _9 N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% x1 M. [1 F( g1 r/ F/ o1 |5 R
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;" y) ^1 N% k% N+ o) K# t* @
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: P( M% v$ b4 h
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# u' p& W- t% |, P: m4 i
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- h6 c* Q6 N8 Q2 U
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ y) U$ m7 |/ J {3 A9 g
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: y) ~ a" @ \$ w/ ^( Z0 Z
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ U8 O/ C" G8 F: W# {. oAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 |' S( J& j4 _When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, d' L1 U/ b( O' B$ T1 vGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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1 @9 y4 R. N! [$ e" D( jThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
: P' G' X+ N; l9 c7 Y, u, X8 UWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- _. N0 V; b* P7 f
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,/ V+ g, D+ a) z% s$ e
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 b1 V5 [- j, T7 Z I; t7 d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- Q* H0 H" a9 b9 W+ i
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
% p* _: w* O2 F" K2 G! U7 ~Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 o- I' p5 a. s; l2 R" G9 Z
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' t( |, k3 h4 l
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 `8 y/ s* m9 g3 f! o. KAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) s* N+ J3 A2 s# Q, Q) ^5 t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, p* z" k! Q0 ?- N/ r. m6 }& Z
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers./ v! p: z3 Q- {
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,! E' d0 d; I5 i0 `! |
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 D7 i4 v! i& i8 {4 vFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 z9 K+ v7 C( ?. `Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 W w4 k, f& r, U----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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