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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 a, h9 h" R- v7 _7 |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# f9 I( w) s1 ]8 ]+ [/ ]From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,3 { I8 ^1 C; S% H
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: a) [* `+ T0 h# U8 |, M
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ E0 O3 a/ s# Q- WWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# `+ [+ Q, @) h3 pA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: ?% z( s- Q5 u4 n: _1 g% ~Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# x2 o4 g7 c9 b/ E Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% F$ d2 v( w4 }" ` @2 Y6 c8 F
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 Y' K) P4 J9 x" d2 z4 n' e( Q" CAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 F0 K$ B7 g; d0 J; w& }
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 x, h- _8 I6 D" ?9 ?
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* D3 _+ y u, \: b- N tWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,* P9 m8 j8 V" K4 N& `
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,9 R" b: J- _8 B) Y2 V, ^4 b) B
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) i( z% W6 y1 t
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 ~+ ~9 _- S9 V4 \6 D# A, T
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago., b! Y( \% @2 ^2 K4 w% |6 h
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 f( V" W. e6 ?; t$ b! `" x! yAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
1 Q! B) @" ?6 J, R% {9 M3 {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! f9 J8 T \: Z! Q/ m+ w5 hSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; E& Q6 d$ T" ^+ H0 D% n& O/ k
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ M2 h1 y0 ~8 T+ VAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
. t& w" \, t! u6 `) \. WIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 h0 g4 a9 W a7 n
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* G9 Q- f3 T9 F. }0 ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," z/ N0 ~ { t7 w/ b9 p, `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 S$ y4 d$ C0 p5 q5 }9 n
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,5 g: z8 y, Y# U5 ~
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' F( u0 j4 J$ Z8 M! p8 v4 r# D----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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