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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 ] u, o7 b% |: B$ ]3 e) l7 }8 GWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
8 W: i ?( U B, ?8 W5 l1 Z' \4 vFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 c: M$ L) ~& {
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.0 @* N- z7 h" [1 f
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, Y* S% l# j4 ], [3 Z* f
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
* I1 ] K2 j+ {% I. H8 q' c8 ^A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( m) k; M; p# I( c6 o- \7 UWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# _/ |8 ^% y7 O- [# H1 C4 W3 C
; W: O3 M) h8 C' F& fUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: K& J3 P h7 @7 S1 P3 T( f. K2 J, [# }8 VAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; b; p' q5 f# v% t5 }. W
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 G6 Q/ k3 [7 N! rAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ z# @/ V# @* T
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ F: V5 U# @3 g3 L
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ {0 z8 o- ~, }! A, R( ^When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) W( e4 w; z8 W+ l! H; f6 S
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,
8 ?' ~6 K8 n8 ]4 R& wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 |1 Z* p: }9 d6 y' a: B1 k6 }
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, T4 @% b/ W" `
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 n# w! U) F# u) \- _On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! |& |* E J4 O" Z8 l$ d0 Y y9 SAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 @' J/ ?9 b) E7 X" b* |Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. ? l6 {9 U# y5 LSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 r. X) u. J' ]+ A
+ c6 {8 q! o; W& lAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 D5 n0 P- n4 u6 {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 R) \& A& E! _6 xIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& m" A. p a5 B# s
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.0 _+ l6 P4 n# U3 a' ]+ a
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,# t$ ~: O; L& _4 S5 Q
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) y, c+ s. [3 _+ i7 zFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: ?. a4 [2 ^/ r& f3 ]Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. O* `% D6 H8 ]! }----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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