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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# r2 J6 j4 I4 V! T& iWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 F# j; [* o, M
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
}7 N4 v! h0 M2 y& g6 oAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 }# A7 z6 y9 a" k7 ~3 oHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,# L2 z" @0 _9 E2 S1 ]
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 q6 y' @- M3 |1 ^! nA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 B4 E" W* s9 P+ G" PWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.% F1 P9 p$ u# @8 ~
: P4 L8 L9 v% Y$ y7 k) rUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% I1 v0 r: A& Y6 T9 z" U" d! [
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 z. x/ T: K) L2 Y* j
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 O( { s7 [' B0 N7 R% |. {Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 [3 } J/ ?9 iWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,3 F# A7 m5 [2 F+ g
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. w5 y4 {3 E' g* q( O$ @9 C7 o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& | K" X4 b% D# P; v' j
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; Q" e- t7 r3 K4 e) z# M
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
: _" A1 l# X. h9 \7 T' NWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
^, q# {; e& k9 H& z, jJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* p* ]4 Q6 C0 P
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ ^) L7 k1 r7 d1 UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," T: t8 ]' t* _6 W5 ]1 w
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! F) z* _2 m+ h; f J/ E
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ R5 i% a$ I7 ~. [Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.. O4 X% ^) e+ x! D, E
- P/ n: ?( u! O) w# v3 g7 ZAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide/ a( E0 h. F" W/ s& X2 X$ \
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,7 P8 ~* l8 f' `) m# A' d2 ]
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; K$ i) k4 _' o. D% z ?
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
4 ]' J6 r; _" I! Y& N; u5 |Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,- U- K) [+ O/ D
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 I7 k* {: K# ?
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, I/ P: e- U8 k9 U
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 e8 H" B1 _* V9 ^
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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