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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% `! K9 _" ~& W# j$ X- ~
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 D4 c \$ u' R8 r3 U9 \From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
" V7 f7 l4 T3 l! p2 k/ t9 RAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. O+ `- _4 Y% E
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 Y3 [# H7 F9 x7 f" d
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ i* {8 {& W; H P5 y0 _A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
% S( r9 ~ ^9 J7 y. g1 `/ TWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 A- ]1 b6 K5 c0 t1 S) \0 f3 P% ?2 `
0 ^8 _( V$ J J: N* L# N# NUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,( ~& D& a" I7 J& G* O7 b& T* P( B5 x
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,! r2 U9 ]6 b* t( w) Y) ? m
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; J) J5 L" D7 ~) t0 B4 o5 J
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" o5 ~9 z4 w( C I6 k zWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,5 S1 H( z' P3 W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; C3 n& \0 _9 M
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! c' @6 w: y; \1 l6 kGood 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,. q- l* Y$ ^4 u% ]9 m9 z( }
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,1 I5 G7 J4 V) o" z& P: K- o
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
. N: q e8 Q. Y" Q. TKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.2 c( I) i& T6 f# y: C
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, L( K6 a9 q9 Q2 e
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;% A) ^, y7 X* O% y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ u0 }2 e6 R- `* u) H: o/ gSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! {* Z6 r! I) A# s: V* x. L
0 _ M" R% ?9 B4 f c! v* o- oAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, ^$ H. X: k1 DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,3 y' B# U9 d: {# M1 x c5 }, l
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 M" x% P) X, H2 d H5 A2 RFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
4 P" {' Z' B6 ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 k0 Z3 q w; Q- m. u( X& n/ tOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& ~" r+ x# {4 h1 @. D3 L9 Q O* n' E
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 Z6 B" Q9 f! h' V7 k S7 d8 Y) H# tBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 J3 u+ v+ X% y) Z. F
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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