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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
: {' W }' R0 u' f8 H5 F9 [' cWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' ]9 h/ X4 b2 z/ wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ U# ?- `% [% B5 E) i" ~- kAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.& G }: P2 w; @0 | {0 l9 M
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% ^' F, s" O2 }4 P+ |
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; d: o, e. V: S, G0 {: z0 [
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 F% D2 c S: _! _5 fWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, U/ W$ [2 G) W& N: L2 qAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,: j' d3 n* v* e+ p6 A7 o
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;3 q4 p9 R, ]# r' s
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* v: q9 b: T5 g2 H, x) r
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
1 z0 {! O" _6 ^And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 y* ~# {1 T$ B/ J. A* GWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; c+ H( Z- ?# L+ A3 k( s5 _# _Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( W# p$ t7 C0 w9 ^) o0 `4 D
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 F* P2 m: v7 r2 k4 M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
8 N3 K \" J* Z& G3 ]* E: oJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,, u( x7 z: m' w, A: E% `1 p! i- A
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 ^5 Q9 b' K$ EOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
z2 A. E: |( X: g9 ?2 [And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* C9 W* k& r, ]' c- P9 }
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,- n L& g6 ]' ]8 ?$ @2 L
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 j N) N( I3 m, u) k
7 Y; {5 f7 A8 E$ _0 AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide ~) a! t5 g) o2 N2 y* D; s5 E3 e8 S, e
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) h: S# W! c# U: }5 Z# T# E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,# u& v, z7 e6 {0 a# G" `
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.9 Z% P' c$ M% w2 _4 Z2 R' K
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* C. I& Y! w7 F6 }9 t# O1 EOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' i5 P' B: S3 J5 l1 Q& Z3 GFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,: N) y% d7 E) K: A; G1 y4 n3 A
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 X0 x1 L4 n' J, {1 c- S9 D
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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