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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 B- x: Z+ `3 y4 P! MWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) J% y9 j! E. k, @3 y/ ^& c5 }
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,( u. o% T7 h( t' a
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.* T& M( h% h6 w2 b! F1 B
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 G- X( b1 D; d) m, z
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" ^) d" @( N# O& WA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: v, `5 M) l m, T8 qWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat, ?* C- B8 F( w& S+ g) w
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
) W) O9 h; u" a4 ]7 dHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;' F" D' O( D' y2 o' H9 R
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 B% H4 E* d# q+ m. {With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ e& t! h$ A: f& ~. m
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 ?& H! p; |0 R( |& h
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,' a$ a& |# g# F% T. F; i
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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% C% d+ W7 I% g! r+ e$ f; j6 h, }- IThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 s2 @; S2 U2 c1 y/ PWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 y+ J, E0 i! g& ^
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, [, d6 b) I7 L) JKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' b; p) [, o9 f3 W4 j) y0 cOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," E: k# d( `1 A. e O
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 x C5 @ k4 q
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," R5 y5 u. l. _8 z* ^7 }
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. d/ i5 J& @# W) R
, K/ p; T5 _& r0 p9 BAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; ^+ U* E, N. w v
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 l0 h5 K% v' ]( s
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years," S y# p$ D! H& h
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 c. D% A! S/ m6 q# iHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( d2 q" R* o8 P) uOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
- H7 _8 Z+ V% r, t/ H* Q" J3 ~From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 b& \' z/ o& @: J
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 V' `, Y/ S/ J! [; E7 V----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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