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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 I0 \% `9 w4 d; x+ ]3 K; l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
" j7 L d, n( b/ q" JFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
1 Y- P; Y% \# w7 f, }, AAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.$ {6 W _" U' @" S( |
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 a' z& Q( Q2 c b8 r1 L* EWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 e; p0 k9 X) b) w6 e4 u. b4 N
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: t% h5 b8 y2 s% Q0 _Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
0 l1 T7 X, g$ S! k9 A a0 MAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' P7 x Z! o0 A0 v' S, s
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% H* r% L# |7 g @7 r3 w( RAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' z$ k1 o& Z4 {With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 E. `8 W& h6 mAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ e; {- G3 d9 p7 F5 _% J
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& x, R4 [' R/ D' L1 `% j
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. d9 r% A( l# S8 w& m0 \# g: x' K
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; {" ?6 `, P- i& ]* \( SThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% G, }& F( v$ S# f" Y6 I6 q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) p0 l( k, ?$ c; A1 l" I5 D
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
' y& d/ y4 M" t2 PKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
H' f( `5 H' a2 U9 y4 m8 J3 ~On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 S" M3 A4 N! b! P! Q, K7 [# [And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" b8 C2 X7 F5 }6 g4 U6 d* j, C$ x9 }* YGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 w" I) H' O6 I8 QSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 R) X& s# R d0 `7 R4 o2 P/ S
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 P* q7 e( g3 [In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ d! j& ~. A! {& b
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; b1 I+ k; n2 m
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& |- p) K( W2 u' {On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;$ p. p3 p; C1 Q0 l
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
, h! X5 K, ^8 B; }! g8 O3 BBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago., Q3 R* ]+ h, t/ \/ e! n' A
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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