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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' n3 I5 i+ R f* [
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 I! H x3 _ v
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 |/ U; g) `$ I( r% {# z) d
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
2 S+ @' `: n% Q1 u; K' p6 Q- `. H1 vHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) |$ K6 w5 e( O+ tWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& [2 x7 ?" @, ^1 T: P1 hA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 |3 \1 w3 N3 c3 ~& _- r
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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}6 Y* [ t+ ` {- F* MUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% K+ L% \' S& r1 I( _
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 C. z' T/ ~5 {! A
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 [8 J) g0 J# O; c+ SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 ^! n: E" p* ?( _
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
% G; h/ ~4 n, r3 t S' hAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ M Q ?1 l& `0 t- F# }When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) F' c& p+ u9 O7 ~1 I; D. E
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,' L1 I+ _4 w( O- ?6 e( ?5 o4 \
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- P+ F- O" b |: j( cJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% a% `" y5 W) b3 ~* i, V8 ^Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 v8 P" Y4 D' POn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ V7 X4 w4 C2 f- N/ MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;5 e z" \, k4 i+ ^8 z8 u$ r
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( r$ A" ~7 C: d1 t$ I" b4 Z) ZSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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5 g% f; l4 i6 ~4 `+ W$ j, q/ l, p7 AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, B1 @! i: F, }* O1 mAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, ?/ `7 B3 J4 B: U! dIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ y# C4 ~" R& Q! h; k6 mFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.4 F: \' h& Z( ]$ v
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 j' @7 ]! J' e( x8 B& H7 A, T7 qOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
5 Q- A: \; v o$ V2 zFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' L( u& ]/ S m' q! d( t S0 O1 ]Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.* j1 Q5 j- Y3 l2 L9 M, x0 j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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