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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( y% M; l! k$ x2 K) C; t; zWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 L. p' Q) d7 E) a( @$ N6 T' YFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# `3 f0 p( i$ k6 k) `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., l1 T, g7 ?; q% z: V8 i1 x
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 ^$ l9 L4 q6 N2 R, m' u
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ v' _$ H( y, ~8 T6 J- UA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 _0 ]0 v+ V4 o1 v) eWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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# U: z* O5 U. Y: A" ^7 x* S( g6 lUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
+ \8 J! _4 ]( B% \And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,$ S; S& |" U1 O( d* p w- ^* O$ n& |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;" s9 |/ k+ E& F* h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 e) J$ T% W7 I- N& A, Q0 `2 k9 R5 N
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
/ B Z0 I3 E2 x3 w3 _) GAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.9 ?4 M; K: J. w* m; v
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
0 W% W: i1 y& A$ d, {7 JGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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4 E1 V2 R! R9 w L( wThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 q/ t4 U# R5 {' N, K' g+ h
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,! c6 _5 s% x$ A. |0 `! X
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 Q" Y# O9 K5 b9 g5 G$ r" x
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 R% ^% z: n+ d5 t* T" e4 D/ s2 q
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 o4 ~+ C! Y# C( m
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ i# s% ~ o: N: N) H8 NGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& Y% R3 q) t6 N. F, HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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1 @' F9 u% b _And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide* V. D6 p `7 p2 N: v- ]/ R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
$ k7 N8 h1 Y7 k. R2 _5 }3 @6 M' ?/ P: NIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
: i/ ~+ v, k1 y6 P5 yFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 n3 q) O7 `% |5 F
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
; F7 y: |( V0 J* j( O6 g$ Y2 lOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, {4 \1 r7 y# j, K' L6 oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
" T: r3 L# @( M" F$ G! R0 ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' ~! ^& e6 y6 p0 h$ _7 }0 k, y ?
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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