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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 Y. @ L: n4 o5 w' A0 c% H
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ Q; k% P0 u9 u+ W1 P' {5 Z& wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( e" y& x) ]) T5 h e; HAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 ^+ ^/ Q; P6 p% nHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,# W& M/ Z6 R1 ], F
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; y. N2 r* @8 x, [5 m
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ P, X9 N7 G' C% f" K( D3 Q/ d6 H3 u
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., }2 x5 M/ x2 D' n7 ^
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat, B& ?6 g" L' H5 _3 u8 i
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ i& _0 L( C1 v
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ k* {$ p: E& I/ w) Q: h8 @
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 i3 } p* [4 L) ?
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,1 [' I g" t* e+ v6 v& ^
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 N9 Y* U4 b1 ~$ YWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ o7 E, @ e, K/ U. tGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., ~; g {' {; K% {: r ~1 l
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Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
* P5 O- D! T. T4 CJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 o9 q7 C/ q" A9 LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. z. h& n! _- t, H# U' POn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: J6 {- G7 Q2 d" w7 y1 T" N" KAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
& w) L7 a/ a! [) g. wGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: F+ C) L& ?7 I5 HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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W5 J. r" O; u; M* tAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 x$ l# V' q- d% Q8 M lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* g, y# k! B, o! Q5 C0 F% P& y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* Q. e; n, w/ E, z' M
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& ~3 G8 Q8 y' C$ JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 s) u' c. ^7 QOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' @0 \$ R" p5 j1 k4 H( f
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
; X6 X) A3 m' c+ ^* Q! Q7 f: LBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
! F3 v+ ]/ F' `8 T0 X----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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