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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, G6 j4 p7 n# x. r7 NWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
: B7 k$ K; A( X. R& s$ D+ RFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,0 p- D2 u- _; a8 E- T
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.3 U3 a p- [0 A1 R
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. V. t$ U* c9 B; e. i
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( x6 Z& A( q/ f) R
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 J, G& d+ r1 h% F( D, z* e
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; |, l3 }& i5 S8 ^3 T. D3 M
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat, p; d' s4 g9 @! ]
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 q* S. J. L' C7 [( D2 y% l% ^# MAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* k) U5 t& u$ O7 l
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) E1 \3 C2 M$ \4 P$ f
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 C$ Z$ N" P9 r: f6 T' O7 ^& ^When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
: ~; y3 T6 X" ~4 `5 A' bGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.- h3 B ~0 ]; ^* I5 _! F
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% _5 Z$ s% O9 v- m0 u( p) S% IThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 E) E/ y: w( J# _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% n* ]7 r+ L4 m, B; f2 C0 m: J2 A, oJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 z8 I1 p( V' }4 `1 z. m4 v
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 b4 f: N/ ~* O" ~: K6 G' z9 i
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,( c( Y: ?% v+ `; x
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 w5 x4 e. C9 C9 Y" _# JGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,% C+ z* B9 \9 {$ a0 b/ x1 n
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide3 r! Y' u8 F- j0 h$ z9 [
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* c' m/ u7 R2 [9 X* {0 S
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
% [, T- X" u0 H4 R2 g( s1 g/ i2 KFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.1 r$ Z- P9 r, r+ Q' r# t) ?, u
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 `6 C/ K& E- b' O& ~: r3 S5 j, h
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: }5 `; r6 ~: pFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 V% y1 s0 C J5 S; k
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 i8 j; H# M3 n w, o- G
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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