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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& \$ D4 s: ~; e+ S1 ~; ^/ o0 P$ e
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 U1 k" |6 W8 V* A+ Z( u6 oFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! U% U1 v5 ?7 L7 y# iAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% w: B7 B( E: `0 z5 M( w# E9 k7 _: Z( Z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ ~8 D3 @8 m, Y" h( S
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* q& U( P# ]9 l h* P
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,( u; w' D g$ K9 s/ M# L- T
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,0 E9 Q; {* x3 _9 U. N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 x7 O# k+ ?: P, X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
2 r- M* v1 \) e* v) z2 xAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.7 _( @ W6 P. [1 F" [/ t( L
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 S2 n' z: T8 TAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" d- @; a% q! ]When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 X# w+ h& C' DGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ U7 j$ z/ L' A2 e0 c
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( ~, e7 `' ]2 s2 H, s: ?Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
e0 C) |4 j V6 X" p+ E4 P) nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 f% @- {* H3 z, k3 e( g
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
! j1 L( G3 [+ u7 e/ SOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ n& e& ~( g) u, Q8 I W
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, C# q5 |: Y; E) F
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
. \# I# E: f' _) W' |2 tSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' a% n2 s) a( H* M5 i7 e3 Z
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide' q, [8 T- D1 ^0 T g1 d
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 s0 {& i5 f0 ` N0 H
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' U/ W3 b2 m3 B4 Q5 j& w+ y" ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- z: P8 g: Q& M4 T9 P/ kHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ X ?. j- q$ l4 Z8 [0 X0 ^1 h3 `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 F. f" V- _- b# X' L5 X- v2 i
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
$ f8 Y, c" ~& E4 B8 TBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.1 }( C( i4 m9 u* {1 C
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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