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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay3 k0 z$ U, S* `- V4 S
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, p( p: K \- z6 N% O
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ b$ }9 I; F8 C, }7 G! }. G" A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! i# n" t. L Y, k1 H$ M2 n4 F1 B
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; s) o& A& t* R7 r/ iWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: q3 e4 w }! Z4 o. h3 j
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& ?; X. ~1 ]2 k* y% \2 |
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( E, P0 }- t; ^# r& h3 J( a7 \
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,) f" c. a9 _% j* Z; s/ c: L
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 ?) z3 p/ z8 c* t! G
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;' C, i& r( s2 m5 }. H/ x
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" @( v# m3 {% p# n# {' q2 VWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# x3 T: x6 m2 \% ~8 wAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. g6 R- `. }0 |3 uWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% q$ L3 c9 D4 M. ^. e ~! w+ q. J
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.& m! N! [, D2 y
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7 U( D \6 _' v! N+ ZThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 e" K) r) A; @& }' e5 H$ {Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,% x; c6 N$ o9 N" j
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 `1 G; r0 Y8 I
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& b P$ Y7 [. @$ a1 mOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* U; {, P6 K0 U1 {' a% ]0 }* YAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; t9 R; i/ z9 O- D
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,( v0 l3 [5 _% y
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 x! h" b5 b+ V0 }
" j3 }, B2 P+ z8 ~3 c, o1 w/ bAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. s4 r% a9 s q# c: d1 [5 B; Z# P
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; j& y% L- o$ `- t6 WIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,* _% w% V' z0 H+ K' \
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 \7 I/ Z( S% `: k8 d. g2 p8 ~3 H
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
3 x8 M- C7 H3 fOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
/ ]/ g; {+ z9 Q2 oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,8 L. O! |; u- D8 E: b" Q2 @( P
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' T; Z6 T @6 H( O8 [+ o7 g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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