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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' \ O6 C7 d9 q b1 L8 `* u
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 H& g& z2 q; R3 {% o' `$ A
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: z2 v% r# R* x ]
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 t/ d* O2 i% @; T1 N+ lHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ u2 Q0 Y$ F. ~+ x: [; b0 ?
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; f1 X j/ f5 U; p9 xA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- j$ e! @; b8 Q8 K( GWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! \+ H8 C' j: }# Q; L qAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
/ C8 b9 j6 {, N+ d$ {6 ?0 ]6 }Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; s' I% m5 ?$ @4 I9 C7 n2 o
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' I) T/ q! O. ~) DWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,7 d9 I- \0 K; d7 o* Q2 ^) a, k, j1 T
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.9 g4 c) a/ g6 Z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
1 _# x6 G; p+ B5 ]7 H+ \Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., C% b+ o( w3 s
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! u8 T" b6 [, h ]# MWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% Q; {' X) N! X! yJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) w) p. J J7 N3 H3 l4 x9 HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 ~+ I( h: ~+ l# XOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
- W9 K+ l& T% g- FAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( Y3 C% w8 o; _# s9 D) K4 q$ k5 ^6 K
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
U2 J [, k/ K. HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she." s3 K# X: F4 B. l8 V) S+ F
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide' k3 x! s6 a2 J0 t0 E" T/ c
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
+ b9 c3 d+ w9 e9 y; qIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 l, X5 K% O T% t' b& Y0 U* qFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& I3 }% [5 N6 @Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,# u' z3 d* w) i r8 [. I
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;3 a$ e; E2 M- V
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, K! R8 M7 O" y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 L" R ^0 Y& n# E% I& x
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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