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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( `- {8 n; d7 a6 k2 a( f9 O* Q
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 A6 |3 R0 K! a
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,- L+ v7 s7 `7 R, J; A0 m- S
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# s, x) D8 c' [$ e1 L& H) i
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 h) b5 E0 k/ P6 h. p- y n4 z
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 G5 V t. C$ f7 j8 c) P+ n9 CA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. z2 q' _7 M) [+ l. |8 v- D5 B! }
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 t# L g' Q3 {: n
3 i& d% |6 [3 c( @, {: |Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat," m. }2 t d; R4 [. m5 o
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 P) r) @5 t, u1 k9 E% LHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 Z) j+ y3 I' k7 O* N
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* l/ \- m7 H4 U! v V
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* @, u6 R/ I5 EAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
9 L0 y/ R! x' `. [) @When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
9 ], g4 y9 M+ o9 X! } P" ]% YGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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3 U% b3 s6 q6 ]There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 ?7 S6 z$ B4 X, \
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, N, [/ n( O. y F2 l0 v
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
L4 G# d9 l9 ] p; g: i2 K1 pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.( [, l3 i: u* v6 |! E5 r# l
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 S0 i# n0 b2 k$ O$ qAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" F& `4 ]. I* {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 p: u6 }1 Y$ b6 z. M& eSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 E5 F: S1 J9 f8 n
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 n5 V0 ~2 N: g( } }All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," T" H) `% H2 x& T4 d3 S+ ?
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. o, R. e" f( ^, F9 J" N# {. [7 KFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; ^; E9 k1 ]# S1 @. U
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 m8 @, q6 Y1 ] Y2 X* Y" t; U
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
J) F* M: b2 M) wFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, X4 M$ D# u8 P8 Y4 N6 S
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.; Y: ^( y$ m' G1 ]* t
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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