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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# f- t9 T. p R. \4 X7 \; ?0 R
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 G2 n- I5 T0 [7 S0 @& m
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: f4 ?+ N4 P N4 Y8 S& ^
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# F: {" O9 j* S6 H; N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* f# _. P# ?5 k( R) yWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 t! f' z6 w! R1 jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& `; I+ x* r/ t& J- p4 `. w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' t& O# R: Y7 CUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
# Q* \; L! m3 K! `! y1 g. aAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 ]; l* `( _$ j6 t/ F, e- E( J
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! P8 g. C# J# q: [! J
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
[2 S" b$ S" @; T/ _+ j# I g5 IWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,: t9 }0 f3 n0 J9 t
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- B: T% [0 O5 {When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# ^+ V( I$ l0 s3 Q7 }0 A. r2 j
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ d8 x8 L* d& k5 E7 Q, b8 _1 C
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 y) a3 w6 S! ], M6 C2 Y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- A/ _6 K' N+ c$ w4 h
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 F q: c' ^, \ R& r; p
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* v# E9 h5 x9 k5 v: FOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ x5 p1 l8 c6 {1 I' w% J9 ]And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
* V& K- a! b7 \: EGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ W8 f6 [; e \1 zSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 I. Y, ?( V3 O# g& G/ t4 n
7 f$ n2 c. V5 V$ h5 DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide: y3 I9 C3 P) R. i/ A# ~
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
% R4 k: E# L9 p- ]7 _. A1 dIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 u4 k( \+ X2 c. O! E) v" @For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 q1 f! G) f0 q/ } R* o2 }5 MHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 v; f. [* C) M% ?" |On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
- M+ H j( u/ V: T( n) F# UFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,# b+ Y0 Y O c \' A% g* `
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- w6 g# i7 c! K----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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