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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay9 D0 A0 B6 u$ H& n
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,% X9 i& d! _7 m# ]. X( F) W* R6 c
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ _% J. p" y8 S, A* w
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! y; R6 O% F6 y( T6 B
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," s* _; P, X3 G g3 m9 r
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
0 q+ R/ O! o; e7 |A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ D- q3 m' }! f
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.+ T' y) A( D; z
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: ~7 W6 ^; K) H# LAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 T3 q" X6 }2 kHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;1 o) \5 [4 j7 m1 T
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.2 G( M4 ^6 f, U- ^0 w7 s
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ a, y( i( F% [/ C( s
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 V2 c! q$ c$ [* e9 g, QWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 J1 |; r7 e' c# ]& e" sGood 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," X' c' z1 I! g* q5 E
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,! j6 `; {3 U% a
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! Y( E* |5 v. i' EKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( a. I) o( B e8 j2 h9 ~On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, e; }+ f5 r8 U$ s
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ P3 v6 q5 ?1 u/ R" ^
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,! |4 O& M) L: J. f
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 _9 ^& O/ q4 t8 J: z
6 s7 Q( h9 Y4 Q+ _1 V: LAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
1 ?9 ?5 n7 q0 P7 Q, ]All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 M, R5 ?1 T: L H) V; {" D
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 X9 j4 W: u+ X" o4 Z7 HFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' _+ O) ~+ u- G4 @; k3 X
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 g' o2 i/ _7 N9 S( `& b
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
5 V k( r! D9 M7 f, u/ \( VFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ A0 q, t% ?! J) t# Q7 m& kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 l5 Y3 f: Q! w% b3 T
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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