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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 v# n( j& F3 mWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,$ H) P3 k8 S7 Q" d5 ?
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 V! y8 V: F) J1 Y" D, X7 B: \9 T: G
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
4 Z7 S& U" f8 m# a: r+ VHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, U- N0 X2 a/ k$ [# x
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ F( M6 f1 D8 N7 K$ ]5 hA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
2 c$ ]- R0 T# }& c, S8 Z# r8 rWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.: M+ u. _5 C6 V
( n( I, N5 s& gUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* D7 Y( X; R; g/ m3 [- |* m
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
. [7 m y" ~5 mHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;) Y m8 K3 [7 I( I$ Z
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; ~5 T5 S* c$ j# hWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 y. G/ I$ ^; l3 M9 {And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- U) v& j) c7 L D. E2 Q9 p# J
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; ^2 A! _) G8 c" N+ W2 _+ p. dGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 l5 A# n* K# ?' x7 M/ A0 D& I1 o7 ^
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, n. z9 v' L6 t% g; BThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 X3 e1 j9 c7 A |; ^% M$ CWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
8 o$ t6 X8 B4 j& D/ U7 P, d5 _8 v; gJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 Q" M2 n" o4 D' Y1 Y" S/ R6 MKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( Y/ T2 I! P* q' V, O7 ~: k% t: k: e. OOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 Q( q! `- @1 S6 H$ {! D" AAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- `$ C( q' @% }+ p) GGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 w) K& [# `7 u2 j0 Y
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: N0 r5 w1 f4 W# D
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, N: {$ N+ ~- D8 E6 |7 E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
O! g: @/ t! u6 d, ?. ]For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& S9 v- @- `+ \. Z( f. G* `5 zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,- [4 r9 A, r4 m3 D! H7 v
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) Y+ O4 L) ]+ |! }" r7 u1 Q+ lFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 M/ B; S7 M, u$ j$ G$ OBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.. C: n. b) s& k
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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