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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
* ]: J! \3 e" [$ x7 o3 |! BWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, h2 f0 T E, i0 R4 p# b \
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
# Y7 s1 r5 D) O) H, \! }5 IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 ^! g3 [! X6 J, o* A9 J
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. ?5 D4 Z+ e0 m5 O0 u. Q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;' G6 c" _- e5 N$ z5 Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( i$ p! o: A: b& aWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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m8 P9 g* N7 X: p: C1 eUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; ^: t6 i% o" H9 T0 {
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 V$ ~6 p8 r3 X$ O/ FHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ u l C- l9 v4 y2 M. O4 ZAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
6 W, W b7 U3 `2 ~With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 q' u; }9 W' b; B8 p( G; RAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears./ t3 ?3 k+ J: ?$ y& I2 D
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,6 z J; d. }$ P& u. R
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.. U& C* f, O2 P5 V# ~% _3 h# c
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. ^; C; R/ Y" l( x ]There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
; o8 j% c: r" ?% W2 B4 v) J: c$ ^. qWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
) B O& f7 I' s& }" C' DJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 ?. O& q, c8 x8 B& @6 k6 @" q$ K8 qKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.5 k4 W1 Y+ F$ \" P0 P1 T
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; X( s) B4 h& e2 _# eAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" V& Z7 Q- R# TGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 R& x" L0 P2 U
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. V, T ^4 T; {And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( V' l! [1 f# |7 G2 c/ U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
' b" T/ j2 g) p! y3 F5 F, z- g4 IIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 b% |% D& |- T) Y; e- k4 G+ ^For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 w L" |# g# t9 _6 p) D6 Y4 t
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ |1 t# K5 ?* L7 ~7 {
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; e0 C4 x4 V' o# }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 V+ {5 M; N: N
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 M4 `8 V6 I( `& I$ l4 B# y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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