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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' x0 }6 `1 r( h7 g, r. X5 VWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! Y* i/ P* C3 l9 X
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* l, M) W9 u. N. b! n8 Z1 i' l; G( xAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( s3 ~- J; x* T; K
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
h: P R% V! oWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 E- _+ L3 `- ]& y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) i: J; W- f9 H; H9 u
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. i1 D) I+ j& R3 c+ A, k! n" |
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
; d( T K. q- Y) w3 }$ TAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ i. o }; L5 R% {+ Q! eHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( T: \: n5 w" n! c2 LAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
9 L2 c* w$ ^8 H: q. a5 GWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
5 _! k. L7 ~0 l$ R% {And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( F! v( {* b( W! K2 x# aWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 m2 B* v0 U7 a% W8 i) ?
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. W7 I. W. i, W
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; \' F) ^0 Y% d9 ZThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) O" X1 Y4 x0 L: @Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,; Q3 ^' I4 G, r
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ j0 d4 ?( s: K8 i7 W8 y n
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
" f# ]; ~5 ~6 h. d) W, pOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. ]$ d0 q1 a, A5 E
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 g( t+ k9 Y5 s8 {8 q- }. ^" w2 QGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- M) {- k3 N, L& _Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.) d9 M0 P$ F8 R7 k4 X
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 k5 \4 O6 Z2 Q6 O$ uAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ }: r1 x1 { j, X; g3 b
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ i, h4 _8 v* x' g
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.: P& p# E3 V; ], M
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 }" j, j* V0 \& A- L
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' l6 T/ c$ u l" u$ F: h& V
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,1 b- z- q K+ S
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- x7 E* A! p4 q' f& U N1 g) b0 ?----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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