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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay: L/ x T2 W* N) P7 b
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 h# D1 C% ]8 t5 X# yFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 q+ U! S4 q8 EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! A9 _2 T$ {# M: m6 _. wHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 |# O( O- \- t' s: AWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( ?) z$ Z Q& ]$ m
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,9 D5 D9 K. G; M: T5 ~; r) A
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 H2 S0 ]# a) {& T% I. F
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,! Q" y7 m5 m; J' N* n7 r
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 Q% G# W+ i4 |) P5 Q2 SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.. b7 @* u! J; E+ b( h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
/ j0 a1 S3 x. y9 o4 g+ ~9 sAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# g, @ g2 E* Y% E0 a9 J% Z9 @9 `When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
8 H$ U/ q% g$ Y V$ fGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ R0 w* x. G8 M1 |
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& ~- }0 \) a2 h( y4 P( |& C4 b/ cThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 z; g3 L" \# b2 ~) q. _9 o
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, i( j' r, y( l2 s+ {" {
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," r y, L5 S# a* H+ q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ ]6 z2 [' H" N, G3 COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) K8 }7 B/ N, P: @
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! x3 P, g6 p! i5 `5 f( d8 V# G/ Q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,! X( i, @& S- Y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 c' Q; H# v2 ^3 ]; [4 x! d
3 e1 j+ S' R/ EAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide/ R/ r% D. ]4 d# j& C$ r
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,4 B' T G* L$ l, H1 _; R
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( h9 `0 _6 D0 NFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.+ }3 N+ G- ]$ l }; c1 k- h+ E' U0 e
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," O, _; e( c2 W: n& j# `7 Z
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
/ p& w; M# N! H# F6 @4 J& gFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( S7 {; o9 I# b
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( Z1 z5 P0 }9 u6 D- p( f
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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