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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' a$ K) @2 U: G5 T0 e9 Z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,- {' S& E' F) o# d
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,8 O: y. X- e* v& n# R6 M9 `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." S& j& I" M, o4 P$ @9 a
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 @4 F% k: W, i6 S6 H1 [3 eWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' @) W& |0 [; A/ MA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,& F1 G2 j2 N3 E9 k0 D: k
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. B1 j7 w" |8 L3 X i
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, ~' {% x( N7 T; f$ _And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 C; R( F! ?: l9 x# y. }Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 h" W4 ]8 O! t5 n% LAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! r6 Y4 L+ ^$ l' n0 vWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," r8 Y" |; Z1 B3 [$ d
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
3 q2 f; i$ Y8 g- c( V& Z$ s. ?' jWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& k9 {9 t/ L. J5 O% R& x% _: d! k
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,; s: e+ F1 ?6 M1 w
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ m" a- v. n* p; t% D7 T3 B
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 i! p) l& G6 C; `5 s. ~
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# r! d, S `; N, p5 E, j
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: p9 z& w/ a- k, E
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;) h8 `. w: ?# b1 T: \
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,3 A! m8 M# z. W8 I5 ^# h
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
# }- w! C: K% ?' z& b" DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* N U( D/ L0 n. L% K8 \In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
V, \+ _: n- }; _$ pFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
$ ?9 V, j8 ?; X, nHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,& E8 p2 p# D% P: J& G3 z. s' E; {
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- t6 Z6 ^2 ?1 T
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,1 I& B; A* A. U( }. c0 P' y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% H* n( m; i" d: [9 r. }' t
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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