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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ v1 T4 a6 F% |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,/ @ M0 g2 f! }, O. D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' v# L$ S, M3 p# u0 W5 f% y$ ^
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# s$ R4 W/ v( s3 k6 W" z" o
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 ]$ C6 ]* B* Y$ {; }1 ^: A0 m2 v( eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 |3 j- G x3 x+ R, X, LA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& T' V; m! l0 @
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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/ K& a6 v/ e9 b3 X* C6 I+ u4 mUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
9 f6 j5 H( r; N+ yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, T8 Q" g) h+ F& O
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: E [* _ z: j1 L' O. HAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ n: [7 n9 _3 ~( A# s* y8 _
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 C2 x- M9 y: T! x4 iAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
8 ?' e3 D# z) C" D2 {7 NWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 S/ M. g8 {% j4 J# L
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.& I& e2 I, l2 s R( @
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1 J* g2 _5 F9 O3 }& s8 YThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
7 B) G0 a; D7 z( M8 R5 B8 T, U- O. cWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
" b3 i: T7 M1 xJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
4 \1 m, Y, x: }, \; G7 w1 rKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& y+ \9 f+ N& z0 Z7 m+ C ^ EOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ i) ^4 o, T5 EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; m% [2 {+ X" V7 T1 N$ a \# E( b' CGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 d4 z' P4 D6 v0 u* F/ o/ c
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% F. f# r4 U& p2 a; u# ?) P o
0 q1 m" V, D2 I% ]And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
! J& \0 F# Z! mAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 c; A( T6 ^( r* L
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 h2 m7 U" c* S5 ~
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 {/ W9 W- y7 ?8 t# mHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 R' b/ ?# d/ b$ h- G* @' ?9 FOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! @9 q$ \( k0 k! ~5 `
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. w) `6 d! h8 b- _* `. n. l* ~Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' |8 b6 R/ D$ U! @+ ]1 ~4 f+ d5 J" b- Z3 W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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