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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% [1 T* e* W4 W: D" x
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
: r+ i R! k& i1 h8 Z! K' b6 SFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; C ^: C4 m8 {% _) OAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.& w) j* a j% s' a
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,7 @/ @5 [, j. B% z6 h
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 |$ [( M5 @ [& G4 n& PA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 r5 U' d2 a9 o7 I# h9 G, g4 M3 f
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. X* O/ P* X- @7 ?
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,0 f# g Q$ S) m! n' ^
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,/ W0 z% {. L+ d- Q
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 t" L' s" r- i3 w2 s j/ v- c% f3 VAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. L9 k! S" q/ I3 ?6 P
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 W3 p' ~% y# u: F$ L8 l bAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 E- Y: u% y! N( U& F1 o5 a9 `
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* F; P; D* a3 ~- mGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 P* f. T c% R& k/ w2 l# U: D
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 W4 d" s+ }7 Y1 [; B: c
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ x* d/ U9 H' H, H! ` k$ I
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ n! O& U& d/ L
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
2 f; G7 a' j5 l" Z. ^And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
/ L1 C5 g2 t3 \9 GGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,( M( L. @, m9 K! e
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.. [( d; l* E" I- P
: U2 ^6 {% }+ l& |; HAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
3 t( N2 f) ]. p. `3 S+ HAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 {8 v& n6 @- e2 L8 |" h) s2 @( R. IIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 Z8 p! q& ]* r% x4 cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* ~7 w5 B' h' yHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
+ P: Y5 e' M9 J) ~5 X4 AOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 d. z% Q# }/ @2 B1 L% d$ ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) G* z/ f2 ^% a- H8 cBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ p& S6 q8 Z1 _' Z @" e i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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