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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; _0 Z- |8 o; ]/ H1 Z' a
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( m& z9 c1 P1 s! M0 p3 P) a4 n
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 [" [2 X6 Q+ l% x9 u4 ]/ |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
6 q$ b: @7 e- B, \6 ~His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,' u6 z8 |6 s: X+ `/ ~
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 _# U7 n# v6 ^( `9 ?
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 }$ q2 k% O9 j/ ZWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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- l2 n( W8 n" u# \4 n/ ^Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,- K- q {5 o3 c& [8 f( N# b. s
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 K& ~" A. }) o, w, r, H0 a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 c0 y5 K: h$ w* ]( Q1 I
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 G! U0 e( o8 U4 n( Y0 W8 yWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) {: l1 t8 G% \6 l. A k
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* @# ?3 H O9 O8 I' U/ b8 n7 ^When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# j/ X1 b) `0 Z8 v" {" j) }Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.1 n$ {7 f. k9 T) J- R
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7 j3 ]: R# S$ I! |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 f4 }0 F; A6 D0 S `/ K) _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
5 @# a- ]8 _/ z8 h' E' L0 z, M- GJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
]" e4 |) G/ K. ] MKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.: [, W% j, @3 ^! Z i1 n& W' `
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," `- J! G0 w1 x& C }. {$ a
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 j' x. R j4 f' d# g k) vGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
; ^% T$ `5 T: z& FSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* i, g( `# g; r- u. |
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, R3 u& U4 v) y* b, @All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ R2 g5 U. b6 @
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
" M: D" M( S9 z [( CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! w5 Z; T: v' [Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 B5 d& H0 c# F5 B! `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) S/ F! `- m6 \7 Q. v: q! z! d
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' S2 \4 f& p7 u" b& dBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( Y, l/ A( G, e
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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