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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay- D4 i# R& O) r) n, Q5 x& u
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 _7 ~: n! Y: h0 x( }From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 s, q$ Q F+ u) _+ IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. V1 ^# [9 ^% N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, Q* T0 j2 H( y5 P8 c
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 P! L* k" @$ }- C BA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) _+ @; ^5 r5 ]2 g* e/ k6 _
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.+ ]. t; {8 v5 F
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* B4 d8 W+ z" P6 d* S4 C9 O
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& H1 B& s; K. g, r, I( Y' b2 bHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& k2 y) [/ }/ s x! n, a% v3 I# H
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 s* n$ R4 w7 z/ Z' b) V
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, }# X v7 q* J( FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.* J2 ^* \- g6 C( M& |9 \ W
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) q* R6 ]( o4 h7 S$ K9 A: W* cGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 V9 Q$ i1 t7 K
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& Y* Q+ v9 c' P0 a4 M* e+ GThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
5 f R5 \5 t: [; ~! p: q/ m7 L+ YWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,( E: b+ i3 W0 @5 w0 `
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* o# ?8 {, f' q4 A$ P @0 p: J
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ m/ N. T. ]+ E- W: |7 ]
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ Z$ B$ n! d- uAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 N) I, ^: z# [Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,9 _' Y' Q8 J# P; q- Y5 `* Q; T
Such 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/ p# U6 m1 L* S \* n" ~
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,4 R2 A$ H) ^$ H; h
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,$ y! L+ H# H) {, w( a1 A
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
; @6 j$ K4 j5 G+ R L6 ^Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ y! t" E; T5 K
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: G( x) x2 l" c4 }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 O" p# V% L1 w) Z4 i, s2 _Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
$ j) q6 x% V2 Q8 e8 i----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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