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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# C h# X* ~3 k' i
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ i) _( L2 C- y* W
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 I r8 [% B2 J, U+ }6 ~, x) X \And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 m( p# ~6 x8 @4 j/ d8 ?His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 Y# @0 }5 T/ n: m6 e3 jWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, H2 ]+ r- y4 GA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- e* ^: a& V& LWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago./ {3 h& h5 I# O6 m: L' k8 R3 e4 b% p; L
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
7 [$ [5 D r% S! w* {4 [. gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, a$ a/ ^7 V5 k" I6 P/ u: f1 AHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 h$ `! d+ Z9 N5 B9 H( F
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
4 N; {3 R: O* t; B1 }) g6 F" H" @9 kWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 w0 s8 ^1 z$ E
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. t7 e9 R& E( p3 f* K# e; Z* Y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% M G& n- P$ O& G/ ZGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# h8 L9 J1 T0 C
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/ b+ [/ {1 A, V& ?. r! QThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
w5 B% v: c4 E) C& K% ~' m3 JWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
# U% r8 T) K5 Z6 d& [9 |# [/ t5 ]Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" g$ ~) y9 m# J% b! w3 s& k- PKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 @. R- G6 R3 o! l' cOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& S% g8 Q' P! q% J4 eAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 ]6 l7 j' _0 a p* H# }9 oGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,* a+ w7 j) l7 I# y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% ]4 D, u; m& t: u2 P: l( q
* g8 {, h8 d- x; uAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. m3 N' T9 F- N- j: k0 u% o, g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,& v; ]4 ]" g. Y/ j* U2 c" A/ O
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 e6 Q$ A* G( n/ C5 i* Z4 mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.4 M/ S& x- y1 d) a
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 [+ F, X7 h1 g9 g+ |1 d5 L3 ]On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 K8 u2 V+ I( h9 M4 E* J, y
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, E% c) {) u/ x+ ? W
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 s+ q! x0 f! \! u4 Z2 b3 K! B
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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