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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 u t% L7 @3 Y8 p" PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 ]6 s+ t, k, |$ S1 F
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% O. ]" ~: B/ d& L2 C% i fAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 P& V8 S8 E; ^2 ^* s( _3 j
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ O- j1 }8 p' F, a$ G) ^Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
: p+ R, V1 J B* @A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* ]2 I i/ e- [' sWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 y3 [, {5 r9 @9 `0 g! J) @And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 e0 ?" v+ w; O4 S7 T+ D+ y( x
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, u9 m! q2 c! @- yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
M0 C( J0 g" e) k$ ~% i5 L8 |% jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 \0 ?* f7 b: {/ A1 {! q- }5 i( \And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( g" \7 n5 V/ }$ `+ z5 LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 m9 C& }/ E ?: h- GGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 S) E' [! C2 l. n4 N* V
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) r1 ?8 g5 ~: s% C! z" lThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,; d& F+ u4 | B4 ^, e# k; e0 Z
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
8 H+ y6 _- ]5 EJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) ~* w; @7 P+ \, Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 G0 a1 R8 v8 V/ z% q8 v. iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 {4 \/ B: M9 H2 M, _3 |, wAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
j( t; W+ c$ w7 G+ dGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,3 U- `; O" \/ U
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.) P) `& L0 x+ d" Q
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" n, b* i: E* c/ {, hAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; V! \: z4 N/ [5 DIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 g# Q( F2 v+ RFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 C" y! a ^2 z# Z8 ^Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
: D6 t5 F& u9 u+ f" aOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ T; n# b; d% I9 ?% E9 g
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 {; ?/ d" t5 A4 s6 s) uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
9 k4 R6 U1 @! j' U! I! m----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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