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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, v! M% L. Z% tWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ o, X- ?; U- rFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
+ y* t' s6 r$ }3 n9 IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 b" }- r1 p3 @( w7 I) h) a- HHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 g& J) |9 d& W' e# ^- A/ X d9 ~Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 f' W1 w7 b$ D4 C8 b2 D
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ Z7 V! h; Q4 W2 E- q
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 T P5 W% C L+ y3 UAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' z4 {4 u' y7 A3 c- M* Z2 ?! v
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;4 X( N+ L9 y3 m% R) G
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
0 p5 [+ T" N1 l& y; iWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,+ Y3 p" w# _) Y5 A" V* J
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ e3 m1 @: E# h/ s
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- g2 P4 z N1 ^3 p
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 s) m/ h2 x+ |/ C
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 h' ^/ z- I& w* e3 W; HJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 p+ ?7 a6 r) S1 C
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& Y1 o8 j& D/ K% I& m
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
6 n. U3 i+ ?0 uAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
5 |# x8 U5 H9 [0 T) SGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ ~7 J9 Z7 Q* {$ R. j3 ^
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 ^! Q! ]" o9 t" T$ LAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% X3 I3 O2 F, E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 ^/ D/ \' {1 a4 k% o0 w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 q5 _7 M4 c) N0 M- I& PHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 e3 M- \& o& W8 g @0 c! v( e- F, C; COn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' N4 L' f. [* z& l# VFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,% Y: m8 M9 P, q: r4 Q" A2 @1 e# z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. @# k/ Z; B8 V! T! g% a----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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