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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' N7 W! _8 v" T% r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. T& f6 t# F4 s. m2 mFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 C7 [ t! M- l) a& b& f( B# @& {3 DAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.4 D6 x% o' C% W0 V! E6 F! t
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 P6 J; ?% U U' i2 Q6 TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;8 f3 O& @3 c# N5 x! Q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 F& M5 q8 D: U5 c% S. J
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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7 p2 n4 f; ~. F5 e* ]8 q% U/ j' N+ pUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 C X/ f' J6 x2 K5 Y1 y3 e$ h
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" z0 \+ S4 Y' S, Q/ L& H2 ^Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 R2 N# x; C0 jAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- K) n' o: I4 X. B( I9 u' Y8 }With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 p, O: ^9 z! f) m% P# \% _And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 \! x# [) B$ I) XWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ T$ V$ X! j- A$ c2 c$ D% a2 KGood 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,
9 a6 `5 L1 g9 \+ W# B, [Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* R1 a5 d7 f. Q" O# k& A5 L- q$ f1 T
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* K. j: R5 G$ q" v, T# P# _Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! O5 o, W d5 r0 }6 L
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 G- p! E% q2 w( l1 u& GAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;1 c9 [2 ~7 l; [' p: A
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
* [) s* `* c( o6 b: B% Y- g$ OSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide {* G: b. i m- ?/ }% v# N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: o, n" D4 \4 c3 fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 q% d; q5 T7 l/ v
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.! e% z0 W$ O }; i4 o' Z6 v: z
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,: h# M4 l9 @0 R- j) t: V; i S4 A/ C
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 y8 I) B8 q; i" u+ R0 uFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,& J8 V/ _% ^5 i: m3 I6 l' _6 @
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 J0 G2 m9 K( w. h; o
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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