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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% ]% i6 Q' h& C6 G) r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 I4 T& e1 L5 d9 @% s+ b9 O* D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* C& x8 R- ^) [$ w% f7 oAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 g1 T( ~4 e% k4 O' k5 |
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
. V. g3 n" ^$ k# o4 q9 ~" k+ Q8 uWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 R! K# w8 W) X1 J+ K) |
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* G1 l/ p6 F3 ]0 {Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 M4 s' t' d; ^9 |* x
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
4 |$ a# `2 s% A. Q' X* YHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! x1 K5 h# s8 y- Q5 cAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ ]6 Z% }' ^$ W/ c" k, L$ C% IWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* }5 L4 C5 j" m/ e% E7 I- gAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; m1 y9 l9 r" y4 K% E- l" |6 u+ B
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. `1 P7 @+ e- |; m8 O
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ j6 R `" I& s! X; D5 P7 Q' }
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+ p9 T8 ~# _- N! e& T2 B8 o0 k; YThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ c- F+ ?; B" Z( nWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* ]! f$ K; }5 x- P
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( r/ X" n- h0 t
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* p1 m6 R8 Z4 j) h; y. O) h) _
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. ~7 z0 f' h7 V: x" T% L* h/ v% I
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;3 H$ T& Y, ^9 ]0 U# }+ T* h x# ]
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 S' J% y: w0 |" D- B5 s. zSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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# c9 E0 }/ h& G7 KAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide4 N. m- n$ _/ d" [- m9 [
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
. B$ {" W( y1 k7 V4 T H+ fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 e9 t& X$ f8 i, d4 @& D+ z5 @
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.0 {5 V' v# K3 e
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 ^8 K1 U; N( T' [
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! v. o% @9 R& h( x6 RFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 r+ I9 U/ P6 P( o4 ^
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- o9 e( o4 G# s----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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