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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 v* \7 O8 T: G M4 O) y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,3 p3 W/ }' w2 g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ g7 x; K. S" x
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; p/ f+ F9 Q8 b5 y v) X" ~His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) \6 u. U& l- ]( eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
* g7 x2 b# [! n1 `: I' a& o$ t$ {0 }A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,- p% N0 ?! W8 f$ |9 m- r: J
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: e' K3 R/ N O1 g* V4 [
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 `8 w* J2 e+ G3 o% T
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ r2 y0 W+ ^+ V$ S/ W; L
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 a; q# k; O* r7 q3 aWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, u# m/ B5 i9 X" V$ T, O7 H
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. q& C2 p. w3 c! e, z8 m9 Y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; c% U1 U& S/ r8 UGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; F7 t ?/ w! b: g
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* l u3 ?% p7 l9 {: |Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 V3 X5 Z& o: [) xJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) M) P' G, A! r% B. K! |8 }
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 e* a5 r7 e& L+ f
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 M7 O' |% a/ W8 M: R4 f
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 Z; q- j+ e3 Z( g3 h1 j2 e
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
" @; u* A( F0 l+ s" Z& OSuch 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 wide1 T3 v/ o- P+ m1 n( ^2 {
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
0 t8 W' [4 v8 A, BIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 J5 F7 b) ~5 j: ]For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
% {; ?- y q/ t1 [& X9 X* MHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 i! ]- U7 n" M& e# Y$ bOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ b1 _% g/ x, T/ ^, D B: QFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) q# }, f: n- f `& ~9 n$ L" uBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 ^+ k: k8 a* J3 w' b9 g7 Y, _
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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