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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ n6 p4 D( R( J( lWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 H2 C8 A6 u7 P! o! fFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,2 t7 s4 d6 Y3 x) R% U
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( ]/ `3 K" t& I
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,# H3 B) g2 r6 h- A& B
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 `: W) `) N5 s; \2 c& B% v: H
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,$ ~; O) h5 X- X7 @( c# U- i$ a& A
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. [) k" k5 E- w+ r/ R7 F, z% }
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% T6 ~) {( R5 B$ G) c' r
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
6 w% X& ~" C) _/ vHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( K: m# i u9 d( r6 E1 i5 yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
^$ g6 d( q/ @8 CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- _3 k$ h% r; J8 S- W+ G' |6 YAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
8 k1 R3 O1 b7 F, C) D6 @; t5 nWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 w5 Z8 B/ R" \$ z/ _' aGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 b- T i6 N6 }. o7 A$ w9 T
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! e5 M F1 K4 q' G8 F! Y; D6 OThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,6 ]# v& R! p0 d2 u8 M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! D5 [! H6 i+ K$ h# c! ^5 VJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 ]/ V Y9 {' `$ @Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.* L0 P+ [! A% y" l: c, J: s
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) k+ E: b4 I4 v# ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; l' Q; @. R& O, v
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. e/ P7 E* a$ E6 T
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she." X3 I2 b X. F
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
! O3 U, R, _/ I& }. `, M& D- P( uAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( z, x: A0 k/ L; m; Y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 c! X% O! S7 X- O! F: x7 [3 M" AFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( z' l) l' Q$ ]) y1 K. |
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 Z% T3 {2 y0 _& {On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) u1 {7 m. w1 w) K! |& ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
9 q7 x$ `0 M* @. x+ c! g: H( NBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 l4 @5 L* V8 h' ?) F3 [/ J% ?# m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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