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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 Y2 j, B9 i2 T+ x* X: P, |When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
- D( V$ `. k9 u" @& l9 C8 K1 EFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
, y( v, p* Y- _: I6 o7 v% BAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.+ r# ~8 G- g1 C5 C6 X
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,& c7 u: C( t2 P. P' S% h! O0 t
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;% }% @( R# q6 K5 Z$ D. u! g9 K
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: p5 f9 j0 q) N4 X* b; `- |
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ f' {1 W% G* _- H' t8 M" ~
# ]4 N1 e: G$ \# D) r- A3 E0 v& b! l0 [4 ~Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 k* h- J- L6 H& x+ d+ Q) H* VAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% p3 J4 U( {4 T: R/ RHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; O. C% p* z" e( \# ~ s8 p
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 R; l: {) B) r ]
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 ?5 m; ^2 z" Z& R5 ^' G# RAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# o# b# u2 |! T8 V
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
5 X8 Y4 m2 Z) L! e7 {- d zGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.4 G( x' i8 p; O2 v6 N4 K, b
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," \# l7 Q7 X1 v4 O0 _! j
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) p7 v* i: z! ~- k+ w
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
$ n$ g3 T5 ~; E+ yKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
# ]' b* W6 l; G* N! V! C5 VOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 M) \7 g5 J' }7 U- R% J* k& U, ^And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( ?3 k( g7 q& E, E5 l
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ l$ |1 h1 Q E4 gSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) H' |7 [ a/ o2 NAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* A" A2 i. x( DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 V C3 i3 c6 E' L
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 S3 v7 R2 b+ o( Y
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' H8 \, H8 f8 g/ P/ ?& J; ?( X
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 N- r* F9 u/ \6 d, `9 o B3 o- sOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 Z* @' C5 ?$ K. LFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: \( t/ z& F1 r: M5 N( }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.4 }: u) `: r0 ]. r; R! L# a! t- s
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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