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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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( M# C, m( v% ?8 I wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ H a9 g$ P4 E3 r
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 K8 I% a( k' a9 t- H) |
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) I6 x, \$ Y7 }' }2 c% }
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; n: e$ }+ s+ E7 W) h- e% c6 D) HA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 P! b9 F' R/ q4 n# hWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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; I' O( e! T; a9 V" y; oUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 I$ I' K' f5 u6 G& N+ }3 Q4 vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% s/ p/ Z3 H, Z8 ?! F3 |: AHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% p& ^4 {( ^' C: M, L' DAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' T; i8 I; z" W) _ x( yWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
" C W0 `7 P$ v9 Y7 r* G0 aAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." ^/ j5 f1 f" O: j4 p, o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- K% T( T/ e1 j% x# o+ V) s+ Q
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,1 a" I" G/ q6 V3 X$ p8 [
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 C) m' \9 A6 {; `5 ]6 g. _. ~; }Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# F9 f0 G: o! r0 vKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. i2 A. H r/ d- J
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) N* v5 s8 I( C( x; B" @! j" {And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ d% a6 X4 [, |* m/ a! g
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 \# P: Y' D- r$ |% K; HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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$ p' w$ S$ W/ v$ QAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
% P3 s: e+ d HAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,# m& a! ^3 z; _+ C5 b
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,: f4 U9 e5 D; i% B
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 r$ u5 w2 |+ d+ b3 ~7 @Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ Y1 N6 @. f( J' a4 k/ s
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" y! B8 V: g* G: ~2 G" kFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 c: V8 f" A: g, s7 ~$ ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 N# u# z: g! i' H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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