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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' F6 k# ^/ }1 r: s; W* G7 y, nWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 K8 z/ _+ T. y4 d9 ?/ ^& D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,3 p) [( ~. B/ D5 \
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." J+ _# ~& S% l) g) I$ u
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; O' S! l- l/ y7 y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 A0 L7 ?' F& a G, C
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 X% l3 `* |7 m5 F9 [6 @
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 t3 F4 T4 D4 e4 ^
/ r0 y# w5 k8 ^% JUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,) T& z6 M. ?4 b, r7 ~' d8 C
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 p. z* @4 I0 D! U% ^. E
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 w' |9 r# F/ x' I' |Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! N" D1 t/ |% e, Q. x9 D" `With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 o) P9 }3 O0 }: E' C6 C
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) T2 B6 ~2 i0 L6 a$ Z7 f
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, X3 H8 W+ H3 r5 \( Y d+ i9 QGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 k3 ^ X: K* d
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 E9 @+ Q0 Y/ F4 E8 s
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, n- O) s; `- M, l% s& E/ W0 WJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! P1 d* T6 _. e, }1 _Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! l- U' Y0 x. _6 r0 [( Y7 h
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ _7 U# F" i! N" }. G; L+ C
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 f* }. m) k' q$ a8 u7 B6 I
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ _5 P+ R3 ]$ x% M* F1 USuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. p2 V! Q$ d: I" F& [; {
Q; V1 [6 w8 X! _' OAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 u. R }0 _! j3 v$ \$ ?4 \
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
% R/ d7 x, `8 L, j0 G: g2 MIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 n" C8 U6 a4 G& \. a& v2 P2 BFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 }) E( n4 R* r5 H% U2 F+ Z6 j$ i6 nHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* w2 @: L/ g8 X, V7 T( `( yOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;% d: I B# c; {
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; V# d4 e' h0 M( }* S
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. j+ z. P# C, W# \6 l0 g, F) e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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