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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# l3 K0 M' Y9 Q3 J- `. V
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 n' q& x% |1 o3 X* s/ D$ YFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ \. Y- d; q5 }- Q. D: W5 u1 i# _And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: t8 C; N9 |5 S$ L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- k/ F* L; n5 C, gWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, B! u) b2 |; V+ M( EA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,( F/ T; c& Q) N# G& q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." t: ?- `- A4 c8 Y
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( @2 @, Y4 C" C& SAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( D8 D3 B+ D$ b: gHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;. M; E# ^) ?* h7 G8 R5 R, S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: M4 v" w5 b; N8 Z+ U7 hWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 X1 f( Z; n2 W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.8 f! X! E. U7 R$ `. X1 f2 m4 i' G
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- l+ ?2 x: l6 G3 ?; m$ W
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* {: R% U3 Z& J3 Z4 P$ T" l; V4 y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 W2 R6 T* h8 l) ?Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,8 r/ \+ }' `4 p9 z, U" ]2 m
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.: W$ d; q, D6 N
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
# g0 b& P, E1 UAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# _! N2 j- S% e) q. h4 I( _! B% uGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& R d! U9 L9 j; ~! p
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 R; W A% p, ]( { z! |# o
& n) x$ d- K+ ^; k' ~And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- I4 ?8 E5 |9 V4 `% k& {* ~
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,9 o* F8 ~, M$ G& R) m, t$ n$ Z) o
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 h( c" [7 G# s" D( W- t7 Q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers./ N6 A6 G0 l* h! b. s' z
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ M! c: f4 I9 [! z) X: b$ O
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
/ l8 \0 m0 X2 h% g) C9 e) F( HFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 d: ^- o. z! qBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
9 m6 N2 J2 ~3 P----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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