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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; s: ]4 n B! z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,0 i4 L# |; o. N8 s: F
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
2 o( b* j4 n6 D% q( t4 F8 S& TAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ k9 o! b" l4 U* X- s! g# Y5 rHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: \3 p) q' X) z( W) `" i% L7 q
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;) T4 E9 `; |0 P& q- l6 x& Y
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* P6 l( i4 A9 g1 CWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.+ }5 W( M+ X5 u/ g h$ y0 U
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, g# E. l5 L3 X# ^, h9 xAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* C0 W7 z$ w# ?
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 m) `# F3 D6 o+ D0 q% D. ~/ T9 Z
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 p8 V/ y9 P, D4 n8 Z) N
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,+ }1 W4 ?' }) y7 g1 G/ \, y, [4 G
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ i# M v' z" w8 Y6 H: Y8 K7 @2 ?When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# |/ W8 G9 `, V% @8 p$ DGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 u) M+ S- D& ]* h8 P! w4 |& r8 V/ Z
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2 H4 _# W" c: i' q( s8 n1 dThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,' z& {6 a |1 x3 @+ t# N" P
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- e+ w! t6 c$ P6 C9 wJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ s" c2 f2 \. }, ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 I; `; |: a+ H1 F: X8 V, R. ~
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ n* ^7 M' A; d) eAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;% e! g5 j5 P+ g
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 R3 @* W4 X Z7 Q
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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' ?; W5 a( G$ [% YAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
% k+ u, t( T& V6 |All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 X; b: H2 x( }; M9 R* f* E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. S4 G! |8 B+ g! AFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! V6 o( s1 U, OHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
' x2 z- c" r6 {On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. u& y0 L: n0 G1 SFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
5 T2 _/ y+ e( F9 jBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: H9 ^ w' @. ~/ X----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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