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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
/ q" C! r& t0 IWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
% {8 [. t, l; y7 i% {% A. pFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,7 T# n, P( f# w1 P3 e2 ^2 G& d
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
. O; r9 Q/ C0 @, h% MHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, o! j* Z) k4 p( _( O# r
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 }, Z s# c& h, J3 pA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
, x" i: Y; {; ]9 F/ I2 w# Y y: TWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% Q, J' K+ N% x* E3 T6 Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( Y1 K0 l: b- t* F& ]: w: zHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' h2 L3 N/ b& f ^* C* vAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 a; J8 l4 h, f! o! Y8 g; I; W* y
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,3 z( z5 [6 c1 Q4 @& y4 e1 b
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: K& y$ Z: l$ ]% C! ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! ~. U8 S) I+ z% G3 nGood 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,1 n/ n0 q( w3 s
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ u* U* {8 @' M, I
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ U7 m% C0 h% kKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 e8 f% d3 {- V" p6 z5 Y4 I# Y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ S. c. ]+ `- BAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;1 {) ~% l* ]+ h. t& K
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. [/ Z2 R- ^* t3 Q5 {/ u
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ {3 z2 c5 m8 z$ |2 M. O$ G0 i, y; N
, G" s: ~( b2 d. sAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 {/ t" M+ |8 f1 a9 pAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! { H$ J! L, a# K
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 }8 `; f0 _: K& J5 X9 f5 J" ZFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' h1 Z Q; c7 ~
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 ~- s$ D7 p' {1 FOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
2 r) d. ~7 o9 j; G" iFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 {9 i$ L7 T7 A* `' d+ T q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
% z% g* F) C! @/ e+ C2 J3 O: C- M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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