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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* t' A) ] x3 m# [+ L" k: u
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 k, Z! n3 c+ YFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,& H7 n+ h, e* X7 L
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 F' A# q9 @/ S4 A% g P
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," z" c) P" \$ j. U
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: ~0 s* g1 ` a4 F/ `. [$ C+ @
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,, J: v' r& g! c& e7 K! P4 z4 ?
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
* I3 N0 u! I0 O* n1 \3 WAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ L/ a# B. |" J# y) q4 r4 F" `* I8 vHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
9 t1 B9 f0 @. S) h; |( b+ b! uAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 c- n2 V0 J/ x4 F" _With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( R1 Z/ G; }" V- g) i" a
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.! s& ^/ M4 x4 h% k8 s' p4 O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, D; f# ~5 ^) `Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; t; p9 @5 E, U9 o- [ \
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" J5 k" y! {: K" e, ?Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 T( z5 r( @% uJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( R' M$ p4 v. i1 b. Z+ G+ K
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* P, ~" E# f% ?/ F! w0 _
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 p! S8 ]. _% L* {; q5 ~9 j
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;' n" l9 S+ l3 }9 d; B$ [
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, b) Q; Q- O) x- g! w- C' }4 [Such 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* c( D1 @2 V! c+ u, x0 r
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," ^# r4 S9 c/ ~( z% n& v" e( E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" y1 H/ U9 t: `For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 R0 e- U5 _ s: x9 E
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( M4 D3 }& X! wOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;8 t! ]# u' z0 O- o: t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 W. o0 ]/ p/ I8 n2 wBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
7 x/ n( I g: ~6 F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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