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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 ^8 ^6 T. }& p, [
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( ?: J+ H5 b! O% gFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% X+ C5 p& t+ Q6 W/ @$ v4 \And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) x y0 l8 D- q( F! AHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, f7 ^* B6 }2 Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;3 ?- i; E( d: \% S- }) |
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' ^* e. E! G7 SWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
+ S$ d% [: j' X0 f9 U: p' x& {6 t0 C0 AAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 N9 N& B- a5 o
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;% n( @. ]+ g5 V3 d/ Y% a7 t2 n/ @6 c
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 F3 [# j: `) A9 N, b; EWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 \& Z8 N; T' U% P) q+ f4 N
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
1 ?3 r1 ? ^# w# }! P8 Y7 L1 u+ g- ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 W" k. G! j2 n9 k# k* CGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.& f! J9 f: }) l; E
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6 g% j, U+ q4 ?+ l8 gThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,4 k+ h% P7 p* b( u+ ?4 W& f
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,4 H+ |% w; n' F4 i
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 L& s- r$ |% }) u% D/ W$ J D) WKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
# Q: l/ y8 X5 C! {On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,$ {' ^' a" S- [# T2 d) L
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# a/ K- }2 u! o- `; V" j
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' ^3 j" t" g( X* O) Y/ ^* G
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.& F/ X% A5 [2 y1 k
4 r7 I) a$ f/ o/ S7 k- X" a! F8 L3 DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 Q9 H) n" T( ]& uAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
8 _' f9 j2 m( n& l- p. iIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# ?+ \: e3 F1 _2 b+ k) K+ M) cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
' o, z( k- i) j) k% W1 mHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,3 [0 P' v8 C- E0 h( u/ N
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ s% Z, Q5 d, {5 F, {1 l _From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) U2 ?4 [. q$ P' l# zBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
0 \! v' j! j2 {3 `% y H6 h8 @6 G----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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