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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 f$ L( y. y/ BWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& K; o1 \, p6 e! d( Y F
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,, ~) C! A/ {# T' k) J/ D. B. J; O
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ {) L7 `+ }, ]2 n6 F( RHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
' e! Y/ X/ R1 Z7 n5 W2 nWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& e5 b5 D4 ^2 {3 jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* h) p7 N1 G! X1 Z) x7 U. FWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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6 F- b% e8 V1 V. ]7 T7 @% DUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 @" |+ A& C# j- o) ]6 j5 p2 wAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,6 y% E& u3 t' i; C' e: v
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;+ H! K1 W7 j" k) N1 @$ Y: i- Y/ D
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 E) a& a- r3 l; t0 a; H: G# p: H2 G
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 U x! }! f8 Z9 _2 ]And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., u1 x1 b# u& D* s8 P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) v; x0 I% h9 w6 s5 k
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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+ n8 ]. O6 d1 _; {7 C% K7 \There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," U$ f1 R+ M, B4 `9 d" }
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 T7 h H+ f! c9 ?' D3 hJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% Q( S% _/ V+ m+ s* j1 g9 B
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 A+ q$ }1 c" `5 m. G0 b4 s1 JOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- |! o6 e" P) I0 k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;5 b8 q$ j6 _3 l- U$ |
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' T1 c9 H( A, Y) v5 }1 N! `
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 k; I3 _- t/ b" s% V
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- b1 [9 }' |( K
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
) q e3 ~) S# U1 F: ]6 lIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,# } O ?! X5 O+ L3 ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& g9 M( v0 v0 l* F1 r4 ^
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,7 D1 x* H+ i6 r% ?7 g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 [. J8 O' J8 W( a4 H( ]2 c5 e( x
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- n- w* _* h3 ^' b5 _Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ ~3 I4 p w' O" j; b, I) n
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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