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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 k# B3 \( j: Y+ i; B' x
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, U, X. j6 l6 }( u% p: K6 D. eFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* `& p4 C! T- j$ U* xAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
/ P6 U/ |4 H6 Z v+ N9 tHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' o0 G1 N7 f' h2 A
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ o/ ~# _& `5 N. f2 U+ c' M
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& R- g" l$ ]: h' X0 L: I8 p0 x( S8 yWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' `* @3 }0 [, ?- ^6 [' mUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ U1 w W/ @/ H; m+ QAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. ~/ e8 _+ q# X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 h2 }) o+ e% e) N* c( ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ {' q5 c: t7 c+ w6 w+ P! h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
@5 @+ \/ K1 J( mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ N2 \& s: w4 H* z- U8 GWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
0 c) G! ]: `, O3 Y/ MGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.7 t& l7 k D) J! [% w
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- l7 |' n* U# {4 TThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
7 n4 c% J& h" B+ q+ f2 W+ [Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% b3 d0 T& G! QJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,! ~2 i4 r9 Q: d A" ?, h8 I
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 {; Q% e' _( ?( y& n c
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ c5 ]1 `8 o' LAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 Y7 a e3 C2 Q* T! E6 Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% \( Q( T! V& h& w" lSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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8 n& F$ Y/ I7 IAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide6 [9 z l' H# [6 m
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' q# X1 h u I
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! c, \0 f9 V7 ?3 bFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.- J9 F0 d( g. w, D# N
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( l8 W5 q3 Q' q9 r+ @( {On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
% h2 \6 a6 N* ]3 q, sFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,5 D3 l# ]2 j8 ~* {: w
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 y# w k. O/ e R) Y2 j9 O----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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