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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 E# `+ R0 V/ k0 i y9 y3 ]7 KWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ F h6 t% F$ l0 q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
: ? S* V r- bAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% ?8 ~2 u j2 G6 B6 y3 o# @
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, w( B( ?. |: P ]
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: T3 F* w4 K$ ~% A! k" F
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 U S: \, G: M. V1 J* C$ S
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
5 v+ I7 p- ~) ?1 `& D, }" U8 A" [* ~And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat," t) j3 N v1 P4 ^
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 t" c; {5 T- W1 N
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 W7 z2 |1 l9 h% h2 q; s5 j) x- v4 RWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 G1 l( r; r( ]) x& p4 G8 G% y6 HAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
2 ~( Q# {) ]; v) j [When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,8 a+ N# D9 _# F1 i3 _7 h7 `
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; u" E( \' ?( U* G
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* L% j! h3 U0 a: PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
; Y G' W5 x% W6 x6 a' ^+ r ]; t) SWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
# U& \0 t1 K. I9 L( ~: f0 PJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, E. M+ V$ C- L+ X; {7 d6 M' K* h( LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; m" ?% Q5 D2 i& \3 d- E# Z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
( N9 J, b0 ?" ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
. Y3 x. [; E" j+ BGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
L- j2 G9 [4 v/ ~+ A! ^Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ t) X& ^3 A7 b) L
/ l0 y6 Y; c. a7 s$ Y [And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 G' x( }& T+ `9 z# u$ b3 \: ?
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. f M- m: w' n
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 c+ a8 z6 o7 j( ~2 Z; n
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.7 _ A& A6 I) [8 W# L& x8 z- w
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ S) B( P4 K% _3 d6 bOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 Q# d: J. X- e* y, N& _% h. YFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' x( T% p" _' J9 ]* @ z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 I, v9 ]9 b) Y; v x6 I
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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