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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; j( b `7 p% ~7 h" [( DWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 r* z2 O3 ?& G& c* L# M7 k' PFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 G* `" A/ S6 C6 G) mAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! E8 [5 i& N) @) v: Z+ b0 m1 F- s y" PHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ m& o: _# l) v; n3 Y( F8 D% E' {
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
* S; T/ O# ]' ]0 j7 HA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
; V. T6 e! W! s5 zWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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" [# `) J4 |8 @6 m" zUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 X/ L" C' i+ J$ G! _) yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' l/ ?2 k! @5 ` V! |' a& ?: W
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 i+ \, W5 y6 h( T3 _1 w! zAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ \- V) Q; A8 jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& e$ Z3 W. n% Z/ XAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& y" s4 [1 }+ v8 [5 [8 J9 E
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ X" n! k. c: H8 A) b0 o8 SGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 \6 g( ?3 L* q* h, L+ V$ q7 w3 d
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4 @/ T) ]5 W7 ~. _/ \( W8 ]There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,& z1 o; i& L8 k$ b
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ `+ F, P& P2 d+ N2 A& NJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,6 m# s, L0 k, ^) w
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( X/ `; e: }( J4 B& q; L: dOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," v. d9 I2 C" {% J) o: p6 d
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 ~' R3 C# c! f$ Z- o8 ]
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
8 k% K1 A9 }: y4 y" p! XSuch 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
1 E" g" @2 D9 R3 Q7 TAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
1 @; P2 u- \. Y* u( f) AIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 I2 a% o d6 x* R' ^6 Y6 |For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: O2 C; D4 f5 H7 G; s" m4 ]) oHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 y' h! n j& R8 V% ^On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ [# v9 y1 w6 oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
# ^' j$ H; ]1 B* V6 DBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.: U; Q0 P6 Q# j; x
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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