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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# F5 @0 c) L$ FWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- F/ X! @" u Y _0 _# O: q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 C& E% W% [6 S/ O; m2 CAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 w \$ I+ i( R6 w/ H$ ?8 ^His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 K- {' `4 E, ]- j+ m
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;* w! F5 P4 ?7 {( H( C
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," K% g, i: |5 S( R
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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! h( `/ `, F9 _% I6 iUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,$ b" @2 ]$ M& w4 }
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 [" H Z2 ]/ D* U j) n# QHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ v! `' E. x% i: u
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.# Q' W- {& Q$ y6 h
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," X p% d0 w6 ]$ f( ]1 f3 Y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% L6 y: |% K1 [! q; q1 f
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
8 {8 j* h! C- J, S& }/ m* iGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% ?7 Z+ R% r- u/ [6 w( X
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,9 J! n# U1 d) o* i% U
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 R. {9 @# k1 i% o2 M$ m2 zJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, U7 f& k5 n$ [ A
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
, Y5 C4 ^8 Q! g3 l$ POn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 F! D9 F2 H0 P1 d
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 ]- J) S+ U1 r
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,- Q. ~8 u8 A: Z2 j; B6 g1 m7 r: ]+ l$ P7 d
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; r0 @# I5 ` G
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: I. W% ]$ q& b# ]# P8 U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) t/ q0 B+ Y6 n2 C+ n6 }
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ L8 ^5 Q: H8 ^' d! v) W) |Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,' P" z1 f5 q; o: A0 X. F
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! }5 M9 z7 T1 c6 |2 y; H9 f# V& p
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,+ n" M! j3 r5 f% s" \$ a: m, W" J
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
, A2 J" t- @/ n- d3 z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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