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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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4 T9 Z, e2 c# TFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- F5 }5 m) b, Q& l6 P
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 Z' @; j+ l& k4 M! w
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: T# E/ X: e' z3 d# H
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;8 ]& E. G* N( P: }
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
8 I0 k' ]) h; r1 n# L% XWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 n) i: K' [# ^
2 Y/ r4 A' W5 R: ]9 vUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
' U1 R0 v; ]7 z" j# w/ CAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,6 Y$ B- c) J0 r0 ~6 }3 f2 ~
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
) O6 t4 M2 l! b+ e( n9 x2 o" {0 NAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, x, P. Y Q5 w/ t; T( CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
/ m) i _) S% @! l8 D/ q6 jAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, l2 L% b; C# Q; v5 k. g" _When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ Y; w5 F0 [! q* M" ?% Z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.0 \4 Y* t7 Z. V+ K( T
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
0 J- d, T" f2 t) `+ v1 `Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- S9 B, I6 p4 [1 }* a, m
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 N/ u! Y+ F/ U, g) D
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* g" Y5 {- Q# g- Q# x
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,3 u$ m. x7 N$ w: m
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
_3 j6 Z3 q% P, J) u# MGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
4 s! z2 b9 s# }$ j* qSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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3 [+ _% P3 x' u+ U- V8 DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; }1 d2 U# G9 g/ OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,4 {4 u# [& x8 Q2 I
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& T5 G6 L! c/ |( \
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. |1 l0 B/ [$ q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,& y; {& e% |2 `3 l
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
/ h& l3 N. P) q% uFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 ?5 z3 i/ `& D6 H& qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 B) O$ R; n; e% t& [. t4 Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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