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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
2 v* f, _2 p4 x* u, j8 hWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 x4 X, e% S( ~ X: X6 ]7 c
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 f) i6 B, z5 \: {2 k/ V! zAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" @8 D% c& I+ Z# t. C1 Q, w, PHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; ` T% g3 K8 l! H g% R
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 \7 p6 F; W+ @5 |
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 `5 M3 j' I# W7 j; b, [! V0 i9 v9 |Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 c7 X, W* S5 ]4 y/ \( f% o
' z. ^8 |$ N4 d5 s& B( F! dUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 z1 s F$ G+ yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% X0 D3 C5 ?; U5 ~) P$ T1 X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! f: c4 _% |+ b
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: d* y1 i* M; i2 d" s2 m* sWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 y/ z: w. ~$ `7 n& `& JAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! d1 x, v- m- r* g& h8 a8 UWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ I% M# X4 y/ x+ G
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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# y. A6 W( c* U0 ^( w7 EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% Z8 r' T: \9 H* @, J; B! Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% f5 Y U* C, wJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
; Q0 f3 G2 s8 I& g7 ^ mKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. x* b1 [: p! {0 ?8 g
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 Z5 }4 |, @/ g$ P/ oAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 J) S) j5 B# t9 T% e" I& T" w
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 }, G" I1 D: G* d; a4 qSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ a4 ?/ R6 ^2 \& N0 [: {' h
4 ~& `( K& o- E9 j5 r1 I2 n) u4 lAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide/ e1 e3 r6 _. c3 O5 C4 f
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 I4 w" L' o$ F7 u8 v& ^In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 |* P' B, \" T: ^0 x8 |
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, v2 q! O$ a' ~! U* K( j0 f {Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* L8 e+ x( H! m% [5 qOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) s+ G* s2 |) {$ S$ h" b
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' v* k3 N* f" n/ }1 BBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.: B$ t1 { e. F2 }4 @" Y$ b. H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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