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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay/ W0 e* o9 s7 X
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. v" D' y1 i1 S' \2 G- X3 a! jFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! Z1 j2 X! F4 i5 f( u cAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! {0 w* A4 W( `) uHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 _' T L9 w0 N- a3 bWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" Z7 f9 a6 B8 s# c' sA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. g, i7 J9 ?0 {4 R: p+ B
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.) ~, ]9 M1 x# r9 X
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,! K2 \$ P8 @- b; a% t) N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
* \8 a# n2 M1 N( OHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' z) C9 y+ z) }, z+ j) [2 IAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.! Q0 H! [' D# J
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* @9 n/ n9 t0 |And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: t3 d% I/ a# h: z' N
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
4 \( q. E6 u& P/ ?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,
+ J9 V1 N5 p, }9 q, z! a4 I, n. J2 XWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ u4 O4 ]/ y* D9 P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
& J& U K4 @/ i$ C7 f! |7 y/ k _% UKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& B6 ?$ F2 N1 [On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: l/ r: `" r$ y- s, f$ w* n! ^
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, y( e0 j' s8 I- N! N# G8 _
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# p1 a5 J- L: P2 O4 W' r2 A' O w
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 N. ?: I/ w- H7 i& y8 y
1 \- H9 n0 Y# wAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; v+ _7 q' B' L$ j% a1 v+ tAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 ?% ], y6 P" L, o- L3 F
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 ~! B; e/ \- ]: f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: B# y. L/ Z+ y' T/ l* F) k3 UHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,- a. z* S' A. {% Y0 @1 {/ _8 ^% p- c$ ]
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;( u5 M6 N$ |0 q' Z: R6 n; e
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ m7 x. B: @. x" RBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 ~' X3 o( Q0 h----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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