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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' p0 i9 ?9 d* @) E2 r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 t8 f1 U& @ f" |* zFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' M* l' `0 D" d" G" wAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
Z0 Y- l4 {+ I6 S& D) i. p2 I* RHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," r+ R$ N2 V; ~2 h
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 C* @0 N3 T* R9 tA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 |, E0 Q+ o0 U8 U4 M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ a& F3 ^2 R. Y* Z. o1 GUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
. R: X0 g5 ^& \/ yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, T: S$ P( ^8 X; J" [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. x1 ~: c( I$ rAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- z4 h. U4 G" H. mWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' X0 n, y- Q: ^' ?' n
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) U& d7 `) Z' v& ~: p: dWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# o5 O+ m0 d9 X5 }Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 A/ x# X S% L6 F4 @4 d; M4 l
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ I5 e( t/ ~1 y% R; }2 V* f& X+ e
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 g2 ]1 c6 y/ d8 y. yJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
& v0 t7 R" j9 }7 KKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.+ N# E" C% [4 P$ o+ A" s9 c$ j5 j' V
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) u; w" S5 [1 k5 E" I
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" R7 k( U2 b% x; o( e3 U# O7 Q( L( ~Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
; @: v5 c3 y1 O$ o; y2 FSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide t, C9 l9 j" m- |
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ A/ a; M3 P9 C2 Z3 Z( T1 d
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# `3 X5 [* _6 s3 Y. n2 PFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
9 S6 V- B3 f- L* @: v' _! `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) d8 \7 S. C3 c' G
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
; |' O% v! J) [) f0 z2 hFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 `- W f, M9 `2 {, H u! WBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- k- z. G- f1 i0 b/ a( j' o# _7 f( M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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