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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& _0 i5 X+ O5 p b5 e: d" G
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& v5 B5 [. ~1 d3 n8 K% l
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row, m& v4 d6 o$ e9 v) R8 p/ n
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 v* c+ u( c& G* p2 _. O
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. G! `$ \# I3 \6 U6 b+ u3 X
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;; U! E/ A" z, v& t
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) s/ ~; Q/ T$ j. {* [' q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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/ ^$ |0 ~* v' [; t6 `! C9 f, g+ AUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% O; M- z7 \& }2 P9 Z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,9 C2 g- B' g+ u" w' Y# b5 Z) _
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* Z* A0 @+ x; eAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- a/ U9 D( Y9 O" o
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
( L; e3 b6 ~' BAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# h/ o4 |/ z: l: U
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 k$ m$ F% m% r. R2 s* y) W
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.7 m. }3 M7 ]9 c8 [* p8 f% M
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 F1 b" @( X3 v8 n2 m6 T
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; z; u2 W( G6 X% H V) {+ mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# R p# S1 b- I+ p" W: bKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% ?- o* u; t+ ]& UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; O: |- Z8 I2 wAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; h& H' A' ^+ ~2 ?2 cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, k- h! j% M8 }4 \# ?! n- P
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.- T! Y0 o+ e; N4 @6 U
1 p" D/ T8 {' ?% d8 C9 eAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 z4 n0 {& F0 GAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, X, ^( {- s3 R1 ^! e# n5 H; OIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 u# z( z) \4 r
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 i7 X' p: }' N
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ c% A, i/ s1 W, @
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: u( `$ s4 m3 L$ Y& @# A& @' S; c1 ~From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 v, g( O+ L4 j6 }# h& B% Y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& {$ ~# p1 X, n( r4 U----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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