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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 p3 f7 V$ C0 Y0 l2 R5 _When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
8 K* F. @# Z8 TFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ r! x/ c/ Y6 U7 Q `( _
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# z. o% D* P; {+ mHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% U# w3 q% |/ i4 i) M/ Y1 g
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& R6 N& X" g) u5 PA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 p/ t% i/ V$ X0 E+ D6 r# d9 P
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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3 e3 A4 s- U# ?3 z; S% V aUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) O" n6 q: \! c$ n1 GAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 @# L+ p9 h( @% V9 \, j
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;' p' l Z8 m& \1 W; h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* u4 o5 V' q- j6 j" q0 D- ?7 Q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' L: ^% W& B1 L$ H
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ }/ N% h$ c I2 o2 rWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,$ o4 [% x% M* O4 t
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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0 w: \/ I9 |/ p* U. ZThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,$ \" I" w# t' U2 [4 B- J
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' W3 d& d2 e2 b) U/ LJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
4 X1 L. N; s, q* ^: XKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 m" i8 F: j/ z4 u; d1 WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,& V7 w$ \' z+ a$ S! ]
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
k% P7 W e, q( ?Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 J' p+ c+ {; o* [8 G, U0 Q3 |Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; N. z8 N' x' |6 k; H: O
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 n2 _9 O- D4 M" n% N. c ]9 w) A
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, T, \2 }4 j. u+ u" L, t5 zIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
0 g8 j' B5 T3 G& B- j) J7 bFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ o+ e* e. D6 }- [. ~1 p
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 w& K. D* w! u1 ?
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- U) T- `# d( @& Y& I
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, D3 S$ W* d" P5 O: p4 x1 H
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 o! y+ }0 n! ~' f----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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