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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# w1 Z3 {, q+ K& J! X& @: m3 [
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& a# F" u: o) ~) T0 y: q1 v- T
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# G" A' ?, C" A$ ?+ v) `8 }
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.$ N, w. d' f7 K& ?
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ o0 e }, K j' C! g$ J _- ~
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& R# j! _5 ~+ `" C$ Z5 D
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# M) ?- M% B, i5 ?+ K1 Z, M" GWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 ]7 p5 V( y% R8 j- ~- C8 [
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
7 P6 G! L+ R- `, k. GHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& w; T/ e+ Y% D2 a) x6 F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- t* z2 U4 V- z, hWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' l# ~8 ], S7 x W: g& k
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
& [% ]6 P& Z# z. [When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, n7 P" A4 B9 t! H2 ^Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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, a/ W' Y! p) d: [: f) r# D, `There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,) m5 c1 N' k1 d5 d
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! o/ S: U) d. d; }, XJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 p# ~ Y2 F- n3 c3 x- \5 IKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% i, h0 g: |9 KOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
% j8 T/ K; r: A7 LAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( i' b( b+ L! F* FGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: f {, v$ Q1 V J' c9 _Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* {/ d0 h; [4 n# @4 G( U6 V" J5 `
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 w5 r* F: p* m4 Y3 ]" p
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) h2 n% o! B2 X0 A* t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
: }+ L- t4 V; s( CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers. @+ G! j5 d+ m5 I) K$ ^+ i% q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ _- ^ v5 i- A# b/ R1 BOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- x* E! M& _# i- n2 `7 p- p' K
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 x& e5 l, p6 b, O6 G
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ P2 v0 n$ X( w# `0 {( ^
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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