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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ [+ S; |: e$ l+ V& a5 R
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' p5 P }# w# @From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! n* o# f# @0 M6 z8 Y! NAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.4 a3 ~' H9 i& [
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 M$ Q6 _+ I/ `' \3 qWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" x) t* r1 p6 [& B: GA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' j: `7 v6 Z" y: j* G t1 U, \Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! E( K; U, v0 W" d4 y
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 L; D% w% k7 z% A8 p( }
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
+ F/ X6 \3 E7 Y% q$ ~1 R* KHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' C. h! c; }- b) W) l/ @) u" C/ YAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., f& O) O, J9 T K, f. `
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," j1 S- ~- [/ S* y
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
3 p& R& i) q, O( {" r. q8 I) dWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# c2 J8 J% q5 g# i, h
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( ]" ^9 Z3 S; p7 g
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ i. g0 U& \1 x8 S; kWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
( [6 T/ [9 Z! \# v. hJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 ^* O( y3 P! F' [1 c, @: [5 r
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.1 }/ L6 B4 k! q& L* U: Q7 D
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,7 Q: ?3 G- y* @' w4 e
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, h$ y5 z5 r% o+ l0 F( x
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' Q0 T! A: @& n% g6 G& L9 LSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.# g9 Y5 q* w* H9 f& h6 `. `# y
' ?. m, a* c! ~ `4 {And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* J" v# ]* F8 U" P, s$ v" X8 v7 wAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 n _+ r, U9 TIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, ~' k) v( h5 V! d' d$ c# [
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.& Z- \) c/ b5 n. z
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
3 y1 u9 ^* g/ g6 L9 L, V( y& M* }4 cOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: P4 \7 j5 ^3 D* [+ V5 e7 s& W0 m
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! s; E q7 [7 c; S" p- n$ J
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: a# S; o5 l8 t; y/ V% J: I----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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