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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 U" j4 ^6 D0 u& \6 p- GWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 k% Q2 v* I8 w. i
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ r |* Q" U5 d- g/ a
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# }4 _( e: L0 G* d; y5 |% xHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,2 Z% N. C1 D% C# [) x# D% X
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 E9 o6 v" J0 o/ |
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 T! Y! C9 E! ^; R; J) [
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 \9 x* Z% ~' T8 k% s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
# v1 c% r" h/ V- _" JHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ ~2 H! Y# @0 f. y7 hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ [/ {: H0 k/ i: I! ?+ Y- w. cWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 X( P! o$ F/ Z" K6 \1 C5 q+ [
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
7 t% h+ C; ?4 Q; ?2 {4 ~8 w% x/ wWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,, Z) \4 L! R1 v1 L
Good 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,0 Q% o" ?/ H" m- w
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,1 R+ l$ \, ], Z- Y% @, l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 ~5 g2 s8 d; i$ k: A1 fKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.' n' ?0 `$ y/ ?! `9 s4 C6 z* e
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,5 A" ]) h2 W/ V5 T% n) ^
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
9 [5 H1 V' I1 l0 d5 p5 D! KGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' g! }) l' ?0 V
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she., A6 v- C: q/ P+ D9 w( A2 T" V& H
: L9 N3 r. s7 _ Y" C4 xAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide3 [2 s$ M! B! s; Y
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 W* T+ l$ N7 b1 S+ {' ZIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
7 D: c. Q1 s' S5 XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 H$ B" q* L! @5 i9 `* sHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 t0 N( T% d0 M: R# o
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
; y# {2 ?! ]# o, p( HFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
8 i6 }( L" A3 \; @' c) qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
+ x2 ]) O- b4 a; u5 N----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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