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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( |: |, j1 G; |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 ^. N' \" N# p/ h: z
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- c; ~9 ~# d% i2 n% cAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
4 I, C% D" l4 j- yHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 k( b" _/ K; [9 M7 `Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: H; ], E+ | p# O/ B1 J7 i) F
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,( [0 r* F& ?& I( Q0 Z* i
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,( i$ N7 V4 S9 [% ]
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,4 N. i! h0 u, E2 j4 W5 j& ~% v
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
$ U" @# P7 |2 H' `) _8 bAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 x: h; Q) R5 `* W! X' y
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ ?9 K+ ^) T/ V* Y5 [ I. J+ _# m
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
9 K9 D# r/ f# L# a% LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# X6 }/ v7 G) R! c9 S0 z* K
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." p' v l% F) D' q6 L
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* W. q3 [* G; F8 m2 _# G7 GThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 ^8 W. N4 T2 E6 vWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 l& {5 r3 X; N# p; Q& S
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) s0 }' V$ x3 n9 S6 ^% u- H
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 _& k% l. T$ WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' E8 A7 m0 T5 ?, R! q% L1 O9 C; lAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 S/ t8 n, j/ n, z3 V; OGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, ]8 T' k# p3 F1 b
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.& Z' K) J) C- s6 {
! h' D" R e9 B1 V9 H5 R3 }And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 _1 B: `8 o. V# ^, rAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,9 Z e6 I2 T- s7 {; ]
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 B" B, F$ p! J' c! Q$ G
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
4 T) K! }$ h6 |: ]) w' H' X; SHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 r( V, H# j0 }0 S3 l+ R+ M
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 E. R ~2 a% y" A9 f9 n# tFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
/ n. ~. D) i P# t, ? G+ A) ABringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% E/ x2 p7 B- v5 r8 p
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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