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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 |- c/ L; Q' q. Q( l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
; [" v+ w' q- ~0 S, gFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ `0 c* z* @6 u) q: gAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 j+ @6 T9 b. u# C8 y
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" x2 I& z- Q4 y: YWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: p) |# B. J" B1 [0 o
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
) q7 Y( j. @5 l' V' }Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.2 X: U7 H. G \* x- ^
0 L7 S( k4 W4 u$ q- ~' [Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! C! o5 o% b; n2 d& EAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,: W+ k! M# F3 q* M
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 C0 B) S0 i$ C. A+ k! P: R& xAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.& V" P: A0 u2 M( H& I7 I
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' L6 j* h8 l4 AAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! Z7 h* T6 n& Q& V6 n! f6 zWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
: s4 R* V1 y. O4 `. s7 g$ Q3 H# i6 MGood 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,
0 d% A1 a) s, WWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,4 I0 P! z$ k3 f7 v) H, V
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* t3 T6 B |, z0 }9 LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 j; A: \! C# e: H, eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; a1 n) y4 K) k$ b6 O) G
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 P5 p7 ^6 R. R+ W1 c' ?
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( P! ]% N" R# ^8 {- WSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.2 |2 t8 i- m7 i/ j1 O; O
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; }0 p- I" r; U+ y
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 {% ]5 j9 ?. l, h" iIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) s- N5 w1 [% | k) d" p) ^1 g3 L2 JFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. @: Z* Q2 D& h5 U( z: R0 [
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* v( i8 V" w$ J! O5 ]8 x
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. m5 c" R/ C( p5 C! u
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 G8 s: }5 u2 C4 e0 R
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' D* s4 W' k5 V: k9 T& _
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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