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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 [' |! d4 q) D3 _4 d) tWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ b8 I5 A4 Q) j6 C1 W! a# z- zFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,0 n- E8 @0 Q: z! P& j3 \. |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 o2 P- I8 O, s/ V: J3 X/ @His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 ~3 j2 C# z& L, ^# x: ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
0 x' M& v5 c- k+ I9 s! lA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,8 l% o! Z; S( y+ n* j6 R
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.2 v9 g6 a% T0 n- s3 O
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat," D# X* s& R8 X; u; V0 C- D
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, r8 P% x H( l5 F4 ~/ ?- F
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, {8 u' m, L' x: | { hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% I) E; a' A7 K0 A' v* S e9 NWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,5 W. S: s$ H+ Y4 V4 A N2 @( }
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 Q% u' `3 C) c
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! r% f( c* `% r. e
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 V8 E) m1 M: m- p' p1 G% y6 ^! U1 [
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5 h( d- V8 ~# v5 R* C/ O* EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! O# x0 e8 y! I7 x( KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
7 O+ O. |/ R2 ?Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 [: W; E, X8 y9 s6 k3 yKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.2 U, l7 Q+ L- m8 j: c' w1 L
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ D) Q% ^( ?( A$ \And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( s0 G& c+ Q2 e4 u: \1 G
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) W/ O, k4 I( T3 h
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 [$ i* E* F6 V. }
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide1 ]- W4 e1 r0 _ `, C( V6 M! L
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side, v% S7 o0 X% p3 ^) o
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 V; }+ B% \% j- U8 \5 [4 O& \+ RFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
2 v, Z. ]* X( n* `. FHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 b6 T) R9 `4 x/ O+ y
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 O! y5 x" l4 s4 j
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
% Q7 l( j, }* F$ E/ c9 E7 KBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' I8 O* a: d& O! m M* x% V! c
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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