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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, r! S; _$ m! k$ O# E( ~7 }
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) c3 j5 {3 P6 L/ e: n. p0 q* eFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
4 s% g) R6 J Y: D4 x+ sAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.: Y+ [: d* r5 z* i
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 y7 F6 f" D/ {Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
' j5 }* u& r+ y! W+ w4 Q5 ]8 ^0 tA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,8 w& Z/ {: ~4 y4 I; E2 ~9 A
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." h; E% V0 b) [2 z3 W. a" O
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# Y7 e: c, l; B1 H$ U
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
* U/ H( u# K$ H D2 q$ I3 y) nHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ y6 p( E, D+ C' j# y8 ]) a
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.4 j2 G' {# Q6 q; d' R0 k# C
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 M- _ M( Z8 Q5 lAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.2 P8 P, z- l/ o
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
( }, r$ C. w8 h* F: `4 mGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ x$ G% Q: R( D
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
; f# n" _1 s, _0 K6 [7 g$ VWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 E, W" X; u$ f6 E- x; rJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) c9 `1 p# a1 Z: C' R( p4 gKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ U% R: W6 Z, d+ D# H! @! b
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, r2 D3 D2 X7 j; N
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# f# E# F2 {( m" ?5 J3 ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,; t5 C9 x) B# G5 T4 I+ G1 C/ K: E
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( g/ C3 n [0 M0 c2 I
% j; @$ `: F5 DAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide' g3 e& o' W P. |
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: S A: G, t" w+ q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
+ B F3 p8 E. v+ w7 W* PFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( {: O( ~) c' ]6 q# D9 sHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above, V, n l% l% R
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. f2 A' k/ R% w* w x$ AFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,4 Z8 n2 g/ {' o% |0 U" {
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' d4 b+ H+ s; `, Q' ^, F2 m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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