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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ v: T1 r/ C( B; iWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 w8 \) h: ?: S% x9 H8 ~0 W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 @0 g% D2 i" g& m
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% q% {* m" H* {* H- o1 _2 z3 {His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 t) }& ~6 T: R9 M; ]1 SWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 A: K2 R0 E5 v; c
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( k: E$ w- n$ [# ~* L; S% VWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.6 I" _8 g/ }/ M( E \
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
' K) M* D' m* \3 f+ V* p* ^And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 `. o# z6 U2 o- N8 t& o
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, y% X5 W8 ?# I! y% n: {! _Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 Z# W9 x5 V; d7 A1 x" L9 q- HWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ E& ?9 ^) m4 Q" B2 y' r
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# @( v9 ^1 |( b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# f p7 y/ s& p5 r: g
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." v* B' r3 E( s+ }# T7 t
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* |1 `. L0 D7 o3 \There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,' n; g: M/ j+ x- o! {
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 k+ C* n) |$ A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 L9 F! p1 A# [' q- S
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 I( N0 R/ Z, \" {, X- d; K7 kOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,+ o+ M( o/ C- |
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;9 t E" ^; L' x* i# L5 Y. p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 ^( h+ j) A5 ~& ?$ r" _8 g2 |# ?9 WSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 ?* F' u* ^3 E6 Z8 C8 K1 u6 c
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
1 M! |, Z* M0 [6 D- G" K/ PAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! j6 }* W& f9 P9 V
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 e' C2 P( R4 j& g. e2 Z! [
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* e+ K/ Y$ H, e( ?1 a+ \6 u
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 j' N' M4 S9 c7 v3 O% d8 l9 ^
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
9 x# Z2 z+ ?9 z8 RFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! ^1 c8 r1 k! L) o2 W8 o, a" u
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( \. l W% k! T8 }2 C2 s) b
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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