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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 D3 j- b" r' Q y2 `. G- V; n4 H$ m
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,. z3 K7 |$ p3 x2 H2 N- p
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% I) }: A8 Q' S3 ^2 MAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.9 \, C3 _# A; I/ `
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, o5 x1 I8 k2 m7 C7 \6 F
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;# |0 f4 l% A3 I2 t* z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
+ }4 a2 Z$ b5 ^$ B& { t: M* F. O4 gWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 U' W2 j+ E8 F1 K' S- f
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
" n: e2 w) }# w jAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
7 E5 q+ S8 Z, k: ZHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
4 B7 g9 M+ j! y! N2 SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.7 y! V, \6 O% S; e! F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 Z: r" W! j2 W3 i+ tAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" \* j7 s" d" p- N9 u2 kWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
" n1 k5 h* f6 T( ?- sGood 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,
9 I0 N' u$ k, wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,1 n; _& z$ m2 N! {: T& J
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 `( q- z2 [: ?Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.4 { o+ q) i- s8 I
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ |4 o2 o3 @# H. fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' R. g0 i7 ^/ f7 LGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,8 T4 F) }: B! 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 wide5 y, t% `1 M* a
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 B3 ]8 H! N( o4 }' j6 S) ]; W, JIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 y) _4 ?' T7 p+ K9 y! zFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 O! @, d2 y! w8 W! bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) x8 l( N6 n7 K( P1 e1 W" QOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) J* K7 i$ d% D3 G: V, f7 {From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) ~! N; `; J$ l5 J7 _6 a
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( j K q& }" N ^1 o# N& C7 `1 h8 F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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