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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 ]/ D3 @# D. c: l- w. @. dWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 _6 t1 h8 ?, c2 q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! D% g/ | @3 ~/ Z5 G. Y; dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: r- r0 O" p6 |, L! x2 S8 c
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,( I: {: T/ i" Q! u, D8 L
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ }0 c; f$ l2 q7 G/ c/ @" a" n/ p
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
5 i( B" l# D9 X1 Y+ t# ZWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago./ X9 m. U- W0 }0 K+ B3 T: C
& _( x4 S) |" N4 n7 O3 o5 R4 xUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 V5 Q; k* c" M7 z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' D( T+ h! Z9 A8 T- q- V3 y3 PHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ b+ S5 y2 S+ B7 a( @0 l) D% u" ~Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, v" O2 A; R& }5 C/ K" h# |" P3 l9 cWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," k4 q2 e2 H7 [/ H' z$ z5 y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
_) N& O& f) B- x# FWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,: K$ M9 a! n, B3 k* l0 l0 f
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% w" H. d- g9 w$ c
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ D" S+ [- C. g# o8 h% vJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,: A" G f* S4 D" f; w, z m
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) r: i. `* m5 \8 e+ N6 V6 MOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
( z! w$ j, |9 L; r: s+ YAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' t9 d: C$ Z9 @( `- BGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ b; Y% }. u! h0 R( f* eSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ \1 Y5 m2 l: K& y
3 U' _( E* _$ u" x: P. V5 FAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide0 j2 ?0 f ]- O$ g: k8 U( P/ j# e) S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' z. @; v* U5 _" J. N4 E. D) Y9 U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 ?1 s/ J& W9 p! R& B
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. |1 U" u; w b6 [+ O' ?; E
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,' p4 E+ z, @9 t
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 X5 C% m8 x' [' \
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) k" a+ z6 p' @" o/ s, g( u* o
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( M) ^; c2 k" O. @* ?" u8 Y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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