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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' M5 @; w8 s i0 xWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) e2 F( L C9 B* c3 j9 r3 n$ GFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
1 d. c2 r6 [) H/ ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.9 ~( q+ P5 I9 h% M
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 @6 `% m2 M, L- w3 Z- O fWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ G0 q: I. ~% K2 T! c
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 w* l7 ]$ A* k7 V% QWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 H9 |4 \2 `" ]
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 b3 j# S, Y. }6 G0 C. d; S
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ W# j1 o6 f$ |% w" `# }- m
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 J+ k' P; c; U3 [
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( _) f1 _0 w- w5 k+ l! Q" I6 i7 y8 g
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 e- V, s5 s9 v8 ` b) G ?" T i" h4 S
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; q' E$ ~6 F8 v. t: ^( ^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( E7 ] d" m2 n5 i2 v8 TWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,' X. @' ^& f0 V& K* [- C7 X, J
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,0 q/ A) A9 N. v# D' W& W! ^. y! ^9 j# {- F
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
" ^0 Q0 C! A9 oOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,+ K# j+ `& H+ B$ B
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 x; m+ e- e# D& r1 ?. g" PGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,9 B5 ?/ C1 ^8 [' E6 t% E) c6 c
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
3 T4 B8 y2 T. H n7 r4 MAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 `4 _6 o" O: J' NIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( ~: K6 V9 ]) m
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers., `# H$ a: ^% g+ i. A% r
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) H- t/ w9 F% {% t8 W) XOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- I2 V# ^: Q1 M) i' Z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- ~3 s/ V0 ?6 ^% j4 @) DBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
9 d8 u- }/ x- @" l----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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