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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 O, a/ S) Q- m5 D% j
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 C! c: f; t$ fFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 {3 E/ H4 O9 d; e/ B' p: a, d% R
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; y6 n* d/ d: \His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,0 J+ h; d3 h# l% n6 r, t
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ r% p4 v! O+ _& }A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: |- `3 S6 o! C" s7 v
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,! }9 t! g \. U: v7 C% R
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
7 t6 b% r3 U5 E7 K& G8 yHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
2 _1 n7 ?. D: E" E9 ~9 UAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ @+ Z- a# \$ Z4 a; ]& s; V" @% MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,3 D7 o$ O3 X9 U2 y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. d7 ]/ d5 P( j( u0 M1 x+ m
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ O* l& s! u& o. ~
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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1 t6 B* E7 g' A! D: sThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,: x2 X1 f" N6 z3 c
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,7 K7 Q* ~' m& f# b
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 h8 `8 B) T! ?( {5 m1 w! H" K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; v4 _1 M, [7 t& H3 nOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# ^1 X6 a i0 p5 Z
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& Y2 o) R) B6 Y' Y, e
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
# S3 R0 S; e# g+ N) {Such 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
9 @5 R5 z! I/ z5 A4 N! r. lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 N0 \# n5 o" n8 b+ i- H# V& q! M9 FIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 b& [5 t' `: jFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ N! L4 r( q' j, S6 d" G( DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,3 D4 ^ h+ B: @9 F/ i
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! }: s% h+ J9 W0 U8 m$ u9 b, IFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,: [. S0 [9 ?4 j1 @3 A, n& J
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
s- O$ I" G3 G----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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