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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* Y" H* h9 n- q% v
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 i7 j0 ?7 H0 U* }+ @0 w0 A3 z
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
: i: V+ x3 [* J1 Z4 C/ g, pAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- V9 X& a0 ]( O' m3 \
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ ~) P* _2 g- A% ?3 O: wWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- {) d9 T& E. t7 U5 ~/ E% p+ p
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,* G3 F, [) [9 j2 x
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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) h4 \7 z, |: I& z6 A% eUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 B1 @# I# @6 [, @* ]
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,- S0 x" a- b5 b3 j' K% j6 N6 z
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 ~/ C9 L: q1 u' AAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- j8 g5 B3 F5 ]; A0 x8 K' k4 z/ w7 O6 Q
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,. O/ E2 {. B7 X1 V1 V6 |: G* q4 V
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ ]1 _: N! t2 M% |4 D1 g
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
$ [# ]. y( Z) o5 p8 gGood 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,& i, r, S1 H# k$ x5 W
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% Y8 G( |+ U1 V! x" QJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 V. W7 M7 M- QKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 T# R# D4 n4 f( S" C0 ^' N; pOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: V4 p, ^# T. a$ x* sAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
0 d* q) |5 P' F" p, F" KGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 \7 N% A, F& ?4 U% z2 B9 y- PSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 N- F$ v) D+ Z8 O! E, i
( E6 R4 l i6 O& Q& u9 V4 b5 [And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 g: P! T: R8 K |5 ^All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," |! L- G8 z( X4 o- g* h# _
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- v9 [$ @2 H7 M2 T: |6 ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers. q% ?" v% ~- q
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# t8 K. e0 L0 D! v' AOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
; J. ^4 m, I3 [, m# g/ tFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( x$ o9 v h% n5 HBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 V) ~. U7 u% ]4 G: H2 F! R----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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