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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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1 ]: E* Y: Q1 ?( N4 ^# HFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 U) c: y! y- a) @8 ?, e8 E
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ g- m& V8 ~4 n3 ~6 A$ e1 fHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
( z! Q% L0 ?! d7 @" F0 ^: @ x# RWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 C* o4 U" \( r- V4 f& A
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
1 e' W5 D: S+ o7 y+ |7 cWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ r9 @9 T* ~! |2 d M. P/ EUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: y4 G! Z q( Z- K7 E8 ^7 t8 ~: C
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ P6 \% S3 c. e; SHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& m1 a2 m: _) E9 W( l8 C
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
( F& w* x3 A, ~' W1 BWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
0 t' u/ d5 I. Q3 [4 uAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 t% k1 ~2 p: wWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
- `( |3 J! v) D! F) h- L: j9 lGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ x) y1 f! n E! s0 T5 @ L
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: u j7 s$ D4 z% c# SThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,4 H) H$ D7 I+ f( T( P
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* ]3 e) g+ B5 h8 |1 e
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ ], R+ H( j! F0 B! ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 Q; T; ?" r. s1 E" FOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 q5 _4 m: U7 [+ K7 @And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 m, G7 C6 _7 S7 o7 m0 A% GGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
5 Z* B# Q: l9 fSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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2 g5 x& p0 V& G1 b) U3 z/ x# CAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
+ [& F+ z' f* e( rAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 D4 t. n- u9 u2 c& [: b2 q! oIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years, I$ C) R3 _5 ?- ], |
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* r8 ~7 C: D4 ]5 H/ t9 B r$ lHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 i: K- j9 g* B$ x: y% i% }7 _+ s
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) A" L( s& K. Y( B' o J2 W3 l$ uFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. l& l; ]. O: N; q2 L! DBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. J# J. D5 Q; o& R! U' i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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