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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( }5 K! W6 L/ \6 P% K! a1 y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, S* |" A* k6 D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row," I/ b! n! V5 k3 Q" F- g
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
# h, ]5 N, o3 C% EHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, J, m* b& x# t; p4 ?: k: m# iWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& U2 R* k# F! xA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
/ w+ O8 o% @( m8 X1 w, r) y, Q! lWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." }$ z4 F* |. P4 ^% q& k
1 B( ~* E$ |, I8 m5 c2 H) r" AUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
- d/ q( u4 G# W: @0 f, S5 [And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 J! ~6 s! q+ P) \6 XHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& D6 S- q- Q5 I# d: K5 O3 l
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" c; X$ X1 U9 u! V+ C6 \With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# K1 z$ }$ H3 `- K$ W. lAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' _) K8 F; j' x4 S# I0 M4 X
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 h0 C M! _+ G D) ^( IGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 K" \0 F' d/ ~
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 e6 W$ r& a: C; Y9 A6 `) k
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: j' N& ~1 k! e5 O8 I) a
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,& ^+ _2 o! N: A7 Q4 B
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
8 ?4 |: J+ E Q# }* UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 G5 q, ]- _) E( P
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ ~# l& Y0 |+ L( y9 T* \6 m
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
* G0 M- d5 S+ q1 [5 j' xSuch 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 wide
. } s- P4 C1 v+ I" r! {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,- R) ~( n" y7 u& D" E. ]
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ D9 `, ~: ]3 r
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, H' F" A4 X6 {# tHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
: h- v5 d3 U. s. fOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ V) n3 F7 W. c: T
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 `1 u* w$ u; i1 [. s
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 I; b: n3 k# w ^( R; s
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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