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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' d- P9 |% g3 A' N
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' [4 Z: a/ q% P7 QFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# I7 L9 L2 f% c3 a
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
/ _6 p+ @8 b2 f) QHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; s& N0 R! n1 ~; UWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
7 Y( z9 h' [" x' V" l: I* yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ `3 P# r/ h f; d) N3 W0 e' M2 l7 S
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.: c; |2 x3 R. {8 H
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
1 V. I: \" w' f) mAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 C: h. N7 y8 a% ?: j6 H* {: g
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 q) H( g6 }/ O' B
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ H: ? v7 J5 b" [* d- ^
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, B3 [5 k1 |% ^) d4 J
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, r" V" ?. V i$ ~$ q% YWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,0 N) q7 B7 B+ o$ W. H
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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+ n; |& d5 J5 r# p: }% {There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ e/ e2 L& x3 l& a6 h
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ q' x4 G) _+ _4 V& |8 Q1 kJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, j) V- w/ Z* _/ ~1 q1 ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 \- R: p3 p% x& m; IOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- J8 w; J+ A% a
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
, }2 {: i/ ~& E& cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 Z& k$ N8 |' x( j' G+ R& _+ P
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ J, N9 A3 t% X1 K5 V& Q: | E
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 d& M3 d/ C; [3 C- m
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, E4 L* j0 Y; {- L& P# m: BIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( O' q/ g* b5 G% G) w3 k wFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* \2 V; Q- H2 _' N0 BHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. G) d2 G1 y& X9 F- Q( T
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ K- S- d8 s/ D
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. t/ J" V9 {7 y0 zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago." G4 M+ ]4 K8 N4 F( V: V! [4 J% {
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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