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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 _1 p& y2 o3 IWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 i% n9 T' }; f1 D k/ vFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( x4 `8 i5 H aAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' F' c2 F6 k0 l. T+ w h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* v& E3 ~/ [0 D1 Z. \- U% AWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, q. F6 W0 Y2 ` q4 w9 w2 mA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' \* u+ i1 L0 Z8 K" P" c0 X
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.9 |. E+ z ^/ Q2 a2 u# m7 g
) E7 b8 a6 N! \( wUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 M$ p+ d$ {. x! A; j) {
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
e. A5 a. N: Z) O9 U0 X$ a% j' QHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 K1 L9 a* s: Y& F- Q7 h/ c6 ]Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. K; P+ b. a: k" [$ g
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 [- e6 w5 |; o
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: G0 H: `, e* w% M5 B: cWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- H1 T+ M9 L( C. a* p
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,# `, s! r6 w' a$ h: ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 O9 D% `: w: ?- J! a' vJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# O4 R# A' l8 Z5 p# C8 U2 g! `Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# ?/ }2 Q" x# v. l
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; ^* q r2 @+ w+ m& X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! `# X% R+ Z+ p$ N5 sGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 X! n7 j6 o" k; O
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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4 T: d* H5 `& \$ J9 x1 vAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* h. J3 Y6 K& F+ P r; iAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 v/ |0 X/ ?( S1 \) l8 _1 B# yIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
& g0 l5 ?3 H, P& N& wFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 `- ~8 ?6 Y1 o! K+ {+ r9 H
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 \$ P# w" P! Z7 |On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. g/ @& Y1 ~1 q& {. v( D
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 o4 Q W3 d2 X. J% G; G
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
[" f/ I$ i7 c7 l$ g----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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