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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( `/ @" B1 f$ D& a3 I7 `When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
+ j: a7 {0 l6 X* y5 |From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- ^1 z) T1 F5 }! j! zAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.' H8 c6 y b5 l! E8 s7 [ h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: c/ [$ g) g Z, N- Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ V8 U# T8 w" P8 _1 C
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
& o9 i9 v1 X: m( O& P. Q6 h2 _; k( z. vWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! o' p- j# y9 K `2 ?/ vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& Z0 T- `; J9 q3 V; g' h; Z8 |" WHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* x. Y' r3 Z/ m+ M2 `3 P. ?Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- l! _4 I2 m I3 m8 l6 f& b9 q( t& `1 [With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' c* R( L+ _1 T3 e) q) h3 I
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. N, Z) @8 o, AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ ^2 Q/ o6 g8 ^0 ^Good 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,
" J/ o' t! _1 j5 i: e% l# `Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) u5 v, X9 q: ]
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- g$ G1 @; L, B- K3 N4 C) V5 w
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ V+ s9 Q( f. O6 J
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, [# ^! h' ^1 w" {
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( E2 g: S$ y9 f1 |5 i% l" |( D
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; w9 `% a: {9 @. a, h7 E
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 l0 A2 x" ]' G# ?0 v3 H1 w
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
3 z9 ^, C) }6 XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- E" ?' g) @6 y0 A+ W5 j2 o$ n4 W- L) fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
% u+ E$ v; L5 p) D% C4 VFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( C" \+ B' _9 {+ a
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) _* F0 \; i$ D% q2 `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 v. y$ R; l0 R6 u2 ^From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,- _! ~ s/ D- }7 W& a
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 ^& B% ]3 F5 W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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