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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
3 |: K ?# {2 }# kWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, _7 z1 U' Q$ o
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,% S5 q& W1 t! F2 `# r9 n& s
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) |4 ?7 m; W9 K/ x* P f$ o, dHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: ]4 H( E/ K( O+ c s2 f9 B
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: p' j% n+ w/ ?$ O
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 ]% E/ N. a5 ]/ K
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# V; a" p; \0 M" d1 Z3 {
) Q1 o r- G$ _/ _* U+ D% }8 g. JUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 j3 ~1 _ B7 S! aAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 H* o. [8 E! s
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;3 L o9 e4 _! _" B K) h% x
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 `" A9 e! }: G, w5 u9 FWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, ~$ \( ~1 o1 c; {+ D
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.8 q' ~1 D- d- B& i% y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,6 S, I2 `0 k ~" _
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." M" D! f, c( L
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,) t& W5 {% S# ]3 U: x
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, y6 F3 s" r3 S% c
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
. H2 e$ [4 R5 D" {6 ?9 RKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ O1 `, C ~' V( p# u4 YOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) U5 p. k9 u. r [# o3 ?0 y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 V2 t6 _. Y5 Q) o. J& iGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! N. u8 E H2 Z5 T0 V8 F9 uSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 ^) Y# O# y3 J( X
! _& y: {% w; c6 kAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ | V {7 J7 ]6 M* F2 |0 OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 p4 K& i0 K2 _ O" i q# zIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
4 z! ?9 d6 @1 O$ e! R C' `+ [For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ p9 D8 f; M+ rHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) M: r+ p. [ u/ i ~
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! v) J- @4 D/ u: I/ A0 ]
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 j4 O4 J: \6 D7 k
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.# D7 o& X% x" \/ \ b8 @( F: h( l
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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