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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 _: L2 n% r" A" m' r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, {4 t1 e# o4 b+ {8 [
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 S( p$ e& Z2 m4 ?& E7 w. W
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.+ B8 S# v6 i* ?& o2 T7 R# { ?
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, Z' u I. w( V8 o8 r3 d$ U k [
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ ?! _7 F# S6 oA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,, Q, a$ ^) l1 B- w, N+ B4 `3 M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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3 v& D0 t: z; {! y8 @* hUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ ?5 h2 n& Y* L% e9 nAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* P ?* ?" i6 T; }
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
8 e/ ?9 k/ J7 W$ x7 T3 zAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 N+ G2 R4 c9 A- R. O9 {# b
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,. q' i9 S; q! n- g M& z! M d- {
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 l# A' t% z$ i5 H& Q# \* O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ \, g* ~9 v; K+ b$ p5 _5 g
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.: q0 X' p: P4 e1 N
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 H4 l/ X, f C8 p
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' t S# x0 I) \) M. WJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
8 t r! B V# i$ n3 A! G# _) qKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
9 ^7 Y7 b* c6 i# jOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! [4 r# g4 ^& ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
% f: y, g0 W, [& P- ~Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,: n; H1 w+ h1 [5 A1 u& c. r
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.& L2 H) A/ D) M, A( P7 ^
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 v5 U5 V$ d7 r. Q+ E. R6 BAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 s; C, l! t+ v4 A5 X4 |+ O. p
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ g; ]. O! E, u2 i7 s- m3 {; W
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 K1 [: u4 a$ v& U2 R3 zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ l. U8 s, F0 g/ r6 T& A
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& L; w, T' } V3 N2 O
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 s$ j$ V# \+ t! p; ?Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" N6 Y7 G6 O! R3 z O' z: Q6 n( g----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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