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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 p% d; i# e! S o) o; nWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 u+ y! G2 I! o
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 l" X* x* i: y) O7 ?8 C7 n) TAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# n9 ?8 q( ]' R. T; }- g8 ]
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. ~" B2 Y7 d3 ]3 Y6 o, N! Z
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 Z: X9 F ^9 N* B- n
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
8 C6 y5 e' f) l) E& ^) zWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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% T. x Q$ C0 o* |1 n* K5 T6 yUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( x! H6 u* B n+ SAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' j; P% u5 `4 ?+ l3 ^: p" kHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( h4 B& o% k" _1 |Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.4 I: U* a( |) a4 I! R( i4 x
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( m( l: k* L, q8 k
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 C6 a% e7 p, X) g/ j8 r6 X
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; j5 t( ]8 w% u. P5 t6 MGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' S- i6 s1 |% B: \9 H
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 E( ^6 G+ n" B9 D; iWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 j& m+ c; T, w E7 C. n/ pJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 j! @9 L, e) N6 h% Z0 f
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& L( w0 e- D% m( T" `On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
3 R4 I2 Q" Z9 YAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" W. A/ R& |: d2 Q: @3 R
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ d" c' ] ^# Y c& Y) USuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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" O8 O; ^6 r$ K* }: gAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ y4 L) n9 ]5 |# x7 L+ J. NAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) `( `" a, P& j* q$ x# m4 p' F
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 M7 N4 C; B( mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. \# O$ F1 Z" l. w
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
/ D- |) d+ T: ^, c2 i$ dOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) Q* ]2 W* S( @! p9 W
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' f3 w7 C# U* M
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
X& V* i/ M2 e- W2 R+ [2 R----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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