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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# a5 G1 D1 f$ _" z0 r' v7 }When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
& s) B. ~0 ?% gFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 x( r" s/ R: ^, I1 E9 YAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
9 f& s; `% D |4 V5 o4 rHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 t- x* ]' l& i8 _) T
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 h7 f' O2 x! y% U0 V9 y. ]% EA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,% Q# r. k" v$ M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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2 j/ ^8 G) F3 {$ U; s# D" ^Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* y: h& F5 o3 k6 ?$ ?$ c4 A! Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 Y1 j# g& c+ D* ~& nHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% C L2 z4 P# m5 xAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; [( L- Y+ @/ U1 J( m# y2 F, ?) ?With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: B2 w6 D. D- D
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- v+ G# ?2 G. C# r6 oWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
" C/ ` J; w: @: ^ T" i2 GGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' r1 S& o( V# R6 [, l
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$ y8 k$ u; m( s% eThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,- c, f7 X: I7 x2 }5 Q4 [. _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: L* l2 F. g8 ~2 p f& y
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% U+ @' P2 e" u! TKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; k0 ^+ Y1 a& m, S3 K; c: f, qOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
- o- h5 p3 G$ I8 l* Q/ u4 t! MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& j* R, S' R8 z' Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# D5 \( d5 [1 r1 y4 {% B6 C
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ `% J* Q7 T. O9 M+ ]) i
+ O5 o t h$ HAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* w" C& Y) [3 aAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
# }& T( [0 p1 Q* E" K2 O0 yIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 V! g, t6 N' }2 v6 J4 {
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 [9 F" |& M8 F5 HHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ \8 ^3 ?! A# J# S# J ^- ^& t
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* N9 @# m; ?" m- K! y
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 S, z4 m1 Y" I8 R ~: Z: k* jBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 `/ N/ Q& o" I; R8 e3 r& w
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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