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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* X# k, h1 a# R2 f, B; i* T- C2 A
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' Y# x5 }. j; ~* IFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
) s; U0 V* M. k% ?' {* @And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
1 `% B+ p9 N# lHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, t6 [8 v0 o, `9 w
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 r: n. m: H, g6 a* s4 wA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
. N% {; D. P4 n7 b9 SWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ Y/ m% J; a; B' K6 @. w/ f
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# e" G$ G' t- i P# Y7 H
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. h4 @0 A2 g# U4 B8 r8 O
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
& \0 o* ]8 e* WAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
@2 w6 M3 B5 d4 Y$ `% DWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# H. j4 R! n1 o/ \/ @1 |. f; WAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.8 ~ a# U7 R* ]8 s1 t# O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,0 V/ f% A# e" v- e5 f
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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+ K, u \. ^. l- N# m& {, H0 ^+ MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
% W- I8 I. C# x9 r# f) gWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ T. a; I2 g7 q' G: m9 G; x( iJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
& r% x/ Z8 V- X2 l. N) ^) B9 v) sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.' H' }8 i4 h3 y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,' J: e. g% L$ T
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" x: g& y9 A) H
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
^( W" ^/ 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 wide" R4 @" V; R1 A* ]
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 K1 N0 y6 U S" B2 }
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,9 U5 T2 M4 k% P. s" ~, k' P
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& D+ ]5 Z" n2 |* W* g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( x% Y P! W7 `On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) n1 b5 Q- p2 }6 W6 K& ~From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
% V, _( h; E+ ^( HBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago., {! P+ t2 ?' i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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