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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
1 D9 S- e) h- B9 j ^When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 I0 G4 H5 r: WFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 ?# ]' X) `5 v) k8 Y+ _6 T- u. x
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- F2 V5 C- a- [6 h# E
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 O. i8 x. q9 V9 a2 `. K! UWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; _% z/ P( ?" `
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,# c% u. j6 K2 Z6 ]
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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* e" _( |) s" AUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
' }6 C0 @+ z& l& Y6 d7 gAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* x0 O6 o- a8 {. d0 r) U
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ y0 V# @0 o: p" z2 E2 r5 eAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ Y' M: g: A& o! [# A( hWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! T( A. f) N: I( ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." \( n& m7 k U9 G1 O: b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,, U/ [1 l% t$ _7 S6 R
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. @6 x5 Z* c0 r9 |. d
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" N4 t1 w% \# G! q6 C; ?" HWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
* h9 Z4 ]/ W* s3 o) e- w# ?9 LJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 C/ Z7 Y& N9 [' k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- {6 F& d* R2 bOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- h9 p: k' c2 R6 r" k0 }
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, x7 F2 [5 G; U4 `0 H
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
y; S! A. h9 x" ]' ~1 kSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. u& o9 ~ w5 Y6 \8 |) t7 M& n7 A
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
# W) g0 y7 {, j* L( f& n( D# JAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! \& t$ o9 | K0 c3 hIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 F9 ?! p9 i( R L: YFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 T6 F1 K; y j" S. m; xHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 ^$ _) J9 r7 Q# E+ x+ @8 y% q& B
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;7 n5 e! ?+ @3 U0 j' p
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 C; }% s8 [1 q+ }& k$ PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 D A- l( E4 ~, O& f$ u5 V; n
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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