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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ g8 ^' t/ f2 r) jWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ C. T/ J; Z: S. V' @# F0 o9 |: o7 ~From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ m# o- [( T/ ?" w/ m- j% G# u8 g! a- tAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; t# S' W1 O$ j6 T# D$ D- g$ k/ uHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* Y1 m7 u: I/ ?. K% z2 [( o4 C& `Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 Y- }8 U& |& E" k% e& U
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," b5 B: B% H: W* m) d' c$ B
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.1 D5 G ^5 ^( h' r l( u; ?9 H3 w
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% M) l+ }% d/ a8 a' o, K
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; q! U/ }- d( l5 h; \9 W0 OHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; d5 x) {4 i; M l7 T; p
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.( ^; V5 N! Z4 ]2 [% l: Z
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
( r6 R/ X" K/ U" ~6 Q9 ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, Y3 P% h8 k# I! v' r$ d0 vWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low, m, ]& A3 i, k( V; B& ^# ?( @
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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V, m0 {1 }- L n7 Z JThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 W Y+ }& C" G
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! m; f( e/ _( v1 G7 H5 ZJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" b3 Q0 U4 H& ZKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.% m- R5 \& u* m# V/ X& n; x
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ z3 ^5 L/ z7 o/ _1 vAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 X+ j! K9 C. a0 a; K
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 K/ g. K- A) R. d$ K
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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, {/ S8 g4 h, y: \# `And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide3 Y% D9 r8 U& [" U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
8 H) h& {4 }! P" {" t# ~8 TIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
( Q! ^ M/ ]1 G. p" vFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! {* a2 q. U1 O7 ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# n0 h3 H, }8 U6 |& b% zOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
- ?" }; V; h& P5 WFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' K6 k5 i- {8 ?. A2 J( p& N8 {
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 M. q/ S$ x, \( ~$ z8 [
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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