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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 f* f8 d5 N) @ P
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) Q) `' S( A1 N7 A; k7 L5 r9 {2 tFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ E1 c" Z8 |$ }$ y9 k0 Q1 u. FAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: D0 e) v1 y4 _
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ o- V) V( |2 E( {* q7 e2 ~# LWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
0 d, G0 t8 M: E) hA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. T. j8 U' U4 O, z6 G
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ f3 ]9 I* e5 M: d0 s( m K
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 R( \5 v8 [6 b2 W3 [) M
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,0 U! a- e4 {; k8 j( P
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;, N; c7 X p) o) u2 b. h; s' B4 \
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, H! ^5 g7 ^6 TWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," A% ?, p! P5 S e" c" K D. q, ]
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) G0 v D8 a: D; fWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 s. r9 N8 g: L, yGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; B5 c( E" }2 L0 i. Z( }& s) Z. |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
- e: ]1 R$ _; i8 E6 u) `# xWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& h. t) L% p# d0 J+ I& sJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
. J5 U M/ D: x7 C5 dKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.) K) H) z. p+ W9 V% D; a
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' b& D+ K: A, q J- \% W0 ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ M- K$ [7 o8 IGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) ?; D7 n5 B" ~; M5 a1 gSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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T) Q7 z3 N0 S- tAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide7 N8 |) p: [8 J6 E& @# A9 s4 Y, G7 c
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. i$ j- s' J; u. t' g8 ~
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; O6 F% F8 y" j5 S5 `For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ y/ l) P9 W" S- S3 x: bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* P6 l1 P: t& n+ \! Q
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) J& l' }8 x' o, L3 d9 x
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
9 U3 O* q, ^: g7 \Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
4 E- v8 B% a f, c----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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