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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay: D' k; }+ w' Z# _
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 ?4 m# k' l9 u5 F5 H1 L) M
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- J3 H1 G e0 D; qAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.$ @% _; S1 S3 W- N' t+ w
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," G2 H. v& b3 `' }8 E( f6 |4 M8 g$ h: v
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, {* m5 z6 a8 d2 Y( vA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
1 M6 \) s4 v! N% qWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
. n0 d- a4 z& c- Y" t3 e4 BAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' ~, C& i$ A4 e9 l
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. j1 n: \* I: {5 ~* M& N. bAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) r/ P" v, E; }: _
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 L6 \ h! l: f: H' O3 ^/ D/ QAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- w. K2 P; j& `- cWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,' }1 V. D: h" H- h0 S; o
Good 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,- [# P+ }7 v2 O& F& n
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; q6 {6 h# Q5 g- I4 l; MJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 F) c/ k! R# S0 A" e2 sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.4 Q9 w' B4 |# K- R0 d
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; T' Y; A) p) s( O1 i$ wAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 e- `+ `$ ]& M6 {7 C! }2 I" mGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
0 o4 M1 p% S& G/ J9 C9 \Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 X& h. @& \- q ^5 o' V% h1 K
7 k: R! c9 n+ ]+ yAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( S9 [: C; v' G! }& o6 o
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," t& I9 \1 s# |" t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 }: V' @$ F4 H/ X. {. m
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) G' d/ j- O8 a- ~- [Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,# X, R: r2 |: w, ]& r
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; g# r2 \( Z, u1 R
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,1 I0 E$ j2 p* B8 z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 p% Z1 _' [* U3 T8 G----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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