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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; q9 `/ U F' J CWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
& F* C- [' x# M- l* `) n* @From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ N5 ~+ J) O% X
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
: _3 w" s" ]& [' w2 THis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,% a0 L1 g" K& N& u: |
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
3 o2 ]2 X2 f6 I. }/ `A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) v6 w% N; X9 ?! {( {; v
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 |. A7 k. h$ T5 @9 z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- ^, n, r6 b0 D2 V- _5 E
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ M! p. x. K3 f; t9 ]Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 ~; w) u9 p/ G2 J
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ R6 E- Z* K# H; j' a1 G" y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." W# @0 B- o1 Q
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,* q2 U2 n3 b' E
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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4 d# i ^& j$ qThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. l" m& _* l& g" p& WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: o" G* P4 \5 i1 w
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 L' P5 r, m/ u f9 ]4 \& j
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: f2 s* o3 b% V ?On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ K- h) \! F$ gAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
: U7 }# O) Y, { o/ DGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 `# D- |, F" c! c
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! k5 a8 u; c" U/ P7 k) Q: q2 }
/ E( E H2 A/ P% t; PAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ o1 y7 C1 B5 v& T1 Y; SAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 Z5 H) N* k7 t% \/ L* _* v
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' Z- ^( e+ d5 U( YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 d% {" L' H- o: \+ `
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 q1 Z+ D5 n8 C4 g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 b1 i( _6 B; E! a1 v" _1 c7 sFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
% L* l$ L; s$ B/ i; v$ J/ B, aBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 I% _8 ?. R q! R1 j2 G, p: z, u& ~0 T----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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