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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 D. I1 t; P/ [( Z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( ?* j# e: K9 W( Q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
4 \7 s0 S+ O( ?' ]And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
+ ]+ Q/ S# g- \! T$ tHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 F) m* {! R, A6 _- x+ OWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 J0 _6 }% y3 G7 z9 j, f# BA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 f [+ f' r7 C; j; u& a, R
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: R" y7 ?2 z) K/ ~- kAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
* V" B) p3 O/ H% O* I2 n( x: _# \Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 C6 p& ^ X* c; hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
. x0 z7 R, ]! ^, S/ ?3 z8 wWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! h5 D! r( L6 p( I. g" G. w' h pAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. ^% e2 m. B5 E9 S4 J
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 E- ~& p; o6 ^& e! Z
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,, T6 \$ V1 A! |2 v7 p& f
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; R2 F+ c" _8 P, v0 ^0 cJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ v: t8 N# s5 C' yKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 p3 o, j3 ~5 z) A0 f: d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 S" p% ^2 T# c7 [1 z' O" S" HAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 [9 `2 z( S" s/ q/ r
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- p" \( ?) x9 eSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* z& U# u( g2 t& I2 a& |1 a: @All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,9 b* S& S( v" a% F \
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
`9 f, W) |$ k6 H8 `* }7 SFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ f U( ?( R+ h/ U( GHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 z# F. o# G& W# |- }
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) c4 W H) j. a; ]8 r3 _$ @From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 g. Q, ^- ]. g; g" k ^
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 g) E m2 Z% z7 p6 T3 P6 J0 ~
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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