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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* J! Y9 A) ]9 b; e- K2 @
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 J* T. [( p; q) MFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) C" l* v% f% {0 g
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.3 M& V/ h I, ?0 F' W; w6 X
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 {5 b! E8 ?- ^! h2 _( Y0 r8 @Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# t5 m8 W% @! c! V% `% }0 OA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 K' q4 D' C3 z5 o0 e! z( |
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! X* [1 O- x# | @" T# X
8 W) |/ D+ X9 F8 Z3 H# k5 LUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
% F5 H1 h+ S8 W U6 {2 t, u& @And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,4 O* r; _5 n; J3 e- @5 Q( J7 l) S. ]
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, z' `4 p7 o$ e' [( WAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
# [+ D2 t. v8 sWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
5 _ D2 L5 f$ I1 zAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; W% U# s( Z" J; l8 X- AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# r# ` u/ v4 c( A- U/ gGood 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,
" Q- R; h) S; @' b! cWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; k7 @# u% \* ]) `) E7 Z @' x0 X( nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 R( p2 n$ h! h% R
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 c2 E3 m- T& N3 r4 e# @On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
|- I e6 x. e* z( z, l9 D. kAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; U& j! s, r3 b6 {1 j
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ P1 X) P3 X8 e$ bSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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- P K* w" ^. z) WAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ T- L M1 f4 pAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( p# Q6 h5 I9 k& N7 p
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 F5 H4 k7 N/ [9 n6 s# p
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 A$ v9 M% J% VHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. N6 O1 l6 _/ dOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ X$ F4 L* a9 o( ]4 U5 v' P) o% K
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, I+ o" D6 F; s( D5 b
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 D* @ o0 e, H0 m5 A0 p' ]' j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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