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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
X) s3 d6 D" M- R. ZWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) a/ w% L7 @9 s _+ u
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ m9 R1 I2 Z& T- j
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
y& R: E2 e! T0 z* c! ]His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) j s0 h6 `9 O# }9 QWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! m( F% f! c" C! V3 ?A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ t) F7 C0 B7 ]6 @/ i
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 |2 P% W' J& _2 E* S, tAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ N" a4 F7 e0 @$ }7 e" `Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 b. D3 ^) Y) }
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 G0 C1 c& v4 PWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 z4 l/ a+ V( JAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.) }5 D% I, T4 b" I0 D
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) A5 H/ b6 C9 N+ j+ \) E
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 Y- P7 g* E9 G+ H7 A; \
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) V& b5 _3 }: R8 x# XThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,$ ]/ b/ A8 w( d) w, V4 R
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. q" N* m' w% ]2 ]
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 G9 ]3 @ m( A$ _Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
8 I% @" c( v# }9 [; u1 gOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 n& M, |$ l! F: R. `( ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, h! \' {1 i3 ]
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ q- `. ^1 k% H, M1 B% U+ S9 WSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; I: k4 S. |0 w$ z
& p) ^5 w8 a i: g3 Y: ^2 d) nAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide! i8 X/ w' Y! X) R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( \: X9 }1 J/ P7 l7 R5 N, l9 WIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) C6 ^* B- c! E
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 z$ I8 `4 M3 a( I" G
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
5 n- D2 N1 n9 n+ @9 i, aOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" n* S ?/ H. e" VFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 S9 F3 ?2 X2 P& i
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 Z, S1 L6 r0 M5 A. d----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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