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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) Q8 [% G" [" w8 {% w+ H1 r/ qWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ ~/ M) W F' O$ y0 G9 |
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 V6 B8 O+ ]- I* I1 I0 @And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.0 }2 ?. e" U+ q! C: O3 `
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 {' V6 Q! p# `7 }9 g5 s
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* E& W% C! A7 L6 o
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) c- D# D# |; \0 F
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. D) f$ C0 y" X
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 e6 j& y0 E0 L1 F7 E7 v/ w. L4 eAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,4 Z, z6 |3 |2 } {
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 V/ D! _4 j1 w7 A1 n& D- V
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: r$ Q, `9 S2 P- }% \ ]With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,3 w: {1 [( \- Q! W6 p3 `' j$ a
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
# s3 q- ]/ {7 Y; j4 x5 E1 y* @When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
2 F: ^% {% f5 @5 |- PGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ P" u ?% s) @" f& b
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
, `- ~2 c9 s1 I3 S- |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
) {/ |" |0 y; N* y2 Z+ nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
1 g' v: @" x3 p% F5 v7 wKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
2 @1 C& S0 g$ c- z! YOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 C. d6 M3 z0 t! B3 o+ V- y0 DAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; @1 e* t! E4 R# iGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! C1 U( C- v0 j/ k) RSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) p, g% ~) R6 D) MAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, O; `) I+ X& `: s
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
8 d; j# v$ S% o! QIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
$ ~7 j* D4 r' C+ F( }7 k% [For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.4 X6 U/ `3 g- m; A) V6 i
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ g1 [8 m6 \( B" oOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;7 {$ E9 x! {4 u; w. Z5 q, W
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 B/ X0 H0 U; U) o" E( TBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 T, y1 Q! L& t- w, O----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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