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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay4 R* D0 G- X/ y: u. |% i) _
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& o% _ P+ h! b& s. w6 q4 ?* U. |1 e
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: |% I1 o8 a h1 k" X4 B; M# A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 s' d# U6 o IHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 }/ l# Q5 I4 [2 hWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
: d2 u8 R* A, O1 ]9 [ u! c7 bA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( q: @7 X* g! zWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.7 |& A$ [0 i2 L, A$ _7 N7 G$ D" b4 C9 K
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, z3 X& K2 k4 ?1 o4 S ~ iAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- m, x1 z5 l: d2 h! P' H+ K$ VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
: u3 g0 J2 d1 r0 X9 cAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
' E1 W, K6 R7 ]With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& \* F7 o. a. P* b. t% S, oAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ x5 H0 |, @- O! `* ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! q# F5 P% |$ X: _
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% E( e7 V. X; w9 j, Y% g
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,7 F4 T3 M; p4 e% ~, L7 S
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 i, M6 N1 J: v% a0 G5 y% a& s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, ^# I. C1 [) f' }) FKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago., W/ F# u; y" N! q6 D
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair," ?1 Q+ l/ Z: J6 z4 C U, B4 ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
! ?7 {" L! L% g2 v2 Q4 [Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
" v+ F1 r: p, i4 f% a z7 PSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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9 T6 H7 b6 G2 K; U1 S. \( L+ oAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, X P. n( K( Y" g4 A
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side, `, L1 T$ f; c: G" t5 n- S
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* L4 Z9 V" J' @ y" e6 \For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
6 R4 L0 x3 s( v# t% MHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,+ |0 C0 C7 M( G
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- L, g2 x" f/ t! K2 o0 d; ]* S
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! }5 c4 ^( {4 b' {- U6 SBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.# S9 l; l5 { `1 Q) l, B: M/ ]
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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