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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 C! \0 p' l# @# b: l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! I, z0 n# ?6 a5 x1 g# C) K! E
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 k( Y2 S7 K0 [) N) A& G" MAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
\" [$ }, W- w: A, M5 {His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 R6 \% }3 w; n9 V, T: Y. \Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;) T5 F$ \3 v9 F$ Q( r
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 P5 U: K$ E0 {9 T, u2 AWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 o& k$ c1 z, Y2 @" A* v; P
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" [6 W+ Z* ~1 o) O+ I9 Z4 {' L% FAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 Q" i6 q% N3 M# H M& q' i ^Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;* z( d4 K+ u3 m. ]5 z) I' u, ?
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., D& `- p9 q# p. X0 G
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* B$ D: {- X5 p9 K6 ]9 ?; D0 mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 m4 Z1 i, T/ {When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* E+ o, m6 o( \5 O3 o: rGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.* S0 H8 u- k9 ]' Z; y: v' C- D* {0 F
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. N+ i$ E% I! _0 U2 kThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 W) X0 t" x$ ~7 ?7 ^ p
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 | t, [( ]) Y! a7 V [& P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 ^2 ~% T2 p* l7 sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* [. D7 Q3 w- H* o C4 }
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
f7 V" I0 F- F) y6 pAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" j/ N4 ~( s$ P! t6 ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) t( _- n% [! w( b2 rSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. y0 H) R, X: G& z( [! |And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
. |, E) n3 e7 B) ?+ ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% R8 i. A, _- }7 `2 f" F5 e3 b! C
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 J7 v( ^* L0 [" U1 B9 ]
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 u& y' |) T& l8 X- K$ @* K! {" xHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. t# F: n) l$ I/ a" c$ Q
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
/ H" _' ^0 x3 q3 F$ a6 N. {0 bFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) F0 v/ u" h# r9 g- ZBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 R5 U, r9 H( L( o----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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