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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay9 o: I" H6 e. x3 f l
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ l% X6 S3 Q, C, ~. OFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 X. v7 G* h# s0 t1 T9 }
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.; P3 ]9 S* V# {- R! P9 H# X
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 I; n2 i0 C* l: y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- g' m2 k3 c L+ s$ R. M4 J
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: U( c7 W- B& I6 e& w$ TWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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% G+ h9 w% a6 y. O4 eUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 X# u- S& f5 i4 O lAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 }0 o! y9 c4 h) q! k3 M+ `Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* c2 l6 s3 m+ L! m& p( O0 SAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
; A: g$ L6 F# C4 O5 d3 |With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' `/ R- t# a5 Q/ K5 LAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: |8 B+ }4 ^0 H4 ^5 i3 o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ w8 R* k, q% X& D/ S2 p- a8 j& GGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; h1 G7 U7 a9 q) C# G) G* I6 C( K8 A7 BThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,& |3 @$ P" R$ H" P
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 }4 K2 u$ D) ]# Q& ~( }Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,& h! v6 }+ o$ Z! d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
8 P) j. z* x1 V0 W% qOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,$ [" s# H! w: x# X1 P8 z
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# ?. k9 z7 H+ q3 O l& {8 H' H% l
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 r# e5 \0 r, q3 p, h2 CSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ n) X# H* C2 m' g+ p
/ T. y7 m/ e; J/ r* ^) IAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. X, Y$ ~+ U, l( u" |* y J
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, t% o# g5 p5 N' ]. c
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# o& d7 f1 K( W# \- W8 cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 x$ v# c' G+ k( R0 g* r' Y4 B/ I
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
A* r0 o: R' Z8 ~" ]On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; j9 ~0 {0 P# k5 p) T
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,) J( l/ J* I' o0 \' Z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 P' _) G' k& l2 S6 g' g! k2 r----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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