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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 u1 e8 _7 \. }7 f( }9 d% R+ x
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# k6 g/ I7 H d! ]0 x0 B2 nFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 |1 J3 `, E4 \2 LAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 t' G% ]( y6 M5 C7 F" Z$ m7 A0 WHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 T/ d: z5 ?4 F
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ T- h4 U; ^8 n5 u& G# T! N/ G8 h
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 r( i* U% Q+ K, P1 j+ W# h! X
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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O3 Q; G# r3 j3 PUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 u1 A& f- {, W9 S
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 O7 r! e# x) l+ h1 X7 [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;4 V; p1 [( I, h8 J* C W
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 K3 [. o+ r, E# }: [
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 {& a: V) q" R, n6 a
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
% v$ n- Y7 ~' f1 x ?# [( ^+ d+ V; bWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# F8 Z% |( |, zGood 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,
& W/ b0 a5 q4 a. K. e5 ^Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,1 _( W% U$ O* x6 M8 R4 I* ]0 G
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 A/ m9 u' K/ z6 q E& w/ uKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* _5 R$ S4 V4 m1 ]* b# B
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 {& k# ?; t8 d4 K. mAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& ?5 `$ }3 q7 B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% ?. d0 o, q7 m4 aSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) ? n. K# d4 @! cAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( p4 [" O1 k! { z6 f
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,) o( K0 E* e0 t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; q k' A( [# J
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* Q4 B: U9 c. b4 {- D6 k! ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 t+ t' B0 o2 p- u8 ^" J- K4 wOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;7 D6 W" x) D. | }% |" x
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 r) e) [$ S) }2 l
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
9 k; P1 v3 D# N9 ?----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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