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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
2 D7 B3 J1 A* O' e3 dWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 g+ g9 @% s: i0 ^/ Y: NFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: R( ?3 c4 b( _" U3 o
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 v8 o' M0 f; g" P4 b6 B3 d( AHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, X$ D$ T6 J* g8 M- IWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- ]- @* a1 ?/ r OA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,- n% R) S# m) a( G2 i' E Z$ [
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 |$ I( z$ ^/ z
$ a7 l: X4 _% R) [' hUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 V8 i4 e+ b' j: s0 ~. aAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
" e8 w# ^% i& \4 A$ I9 DHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;8 f X5 x; J5 Q4 v6 d' z
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% _1 Y5 w% n7 d! u2 o9 o% r. _With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, C: [! c) b7 T) g+ M
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
% L \& c) \$ `9 o, LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- {' A1 ?! G* q; }& Z/ \# I% x
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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( F8 H' T) ? J4 t& y, IThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
7 W- `$ _# l9 F I: yWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,9 r L& o s& Z' g3 h: A: t4 l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, F9 W9 @, y- S1 ~5 iKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 Z; A* @8 E1 \3 r
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# x: }) e- J, F( I1 m: j2 t
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( a# H) J, N, s5 O1 ~3 ?" `: R6 _
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& E* K! u: P, Z m* G5 I1 ]$ cSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ A: m7 F( J1 s0 p% k, n! tAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 K0 C: c# M4 R6 r/ GAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,! F5 P# Y7 Y+ p* a- L. t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ @) h! w5 C" L/ JFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. K8 E1 k9 F; t, vHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,! l) d$ J7 Y+ M! C
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ M* Z: q3 m3 U8 M9 o
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( F4 x7 U- M/ k9 VBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago." E$ C4 t7 v6 f
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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