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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
! {; W- w4 ^. M; qWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 `3 H* H* A4 }3 U8 H5 E
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,7 |5 t" A) [6 V. n
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 v6 @/ g- p! ] u7 C. z0 T9 aHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: N$ A; d3 e2 q' [* J, j- D
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
. S# k- K8 P M8 W' k3 g UA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. M! h6 `1 c9 m4 k# v( [
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago./ V# Q9 J& ], @/ ]( X7 Z6 P; y
3 D" v [8 [+ g5 |6 g6 K7 kUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) _6 k) a5 W" s9 r: g; d6 c' CAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 q) K5 h: q- o2 S2 K& U1 oHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 o; y Y& D9 b3 b4 J5 T; J
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 E% F7 V# T* nWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears, ~$ W d+ k/ B7 j+ O" S( |
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. E7 Y& P+ t; O3 X" L* r4 z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# n0 g1 @) O" z
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.- O9 i1 F' q# R1 J; v4 ^: ~
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2 i1 y( P! d. j" R6 y2 d; XThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
8 |" a. [9 r7 J( q2 S* D/ e0 V kWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) t/ t, E. k' k& z7 ?
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,# `8 h9 E1 X/ o, @& D3 Z
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." t7 \" E, w/ |* I, G3 A
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ G7 G$ X1 I* |7 @ L7 gAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! \& ~8 @; P7 ^0 b w3 W
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
# X0 Y8 b% b0 m! dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide) x! `; W V' j$ S# t) W2 f
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( }2 {# W: ~4 l: O5 i. T2 dIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* a. g2 d" x" U2 q& a5 \For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
, w! K$ p) w- Q* KHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ {9 `5 b3 |; {+ C" }& ~8 wOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
& G1 r" Q5 d3 R" C7 K. L( A: S" ]5 LFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) B: j e' ]1 d1 l+ M* V: z# ]
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 g7 E8 `* o" N2 n0 m4 g/ M
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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