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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% t) e; o% @) v, c: s
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' V9 O& s8 w3 y0 N, _8 i& I" lFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 ~5 B' S. p) }+ o+ qAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 `& X; G. ^5 c9 p: o; XHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* R8 ~* P0 P ~Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;, S6 I% u: c( U
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 j) _% d& j7 R! Q: |8 y- {Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 q" F/ Y6 ]& Y. Y2 x% J
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ ]# V$ v" g$ b
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 A. r( {! ^; E, x( N, {Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.( I; `( F t/ L( E* V7 r
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! o4 {' C5 i+ i: i/ d5 p- ^
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears./ L2 _/ n- y9 i: O; d3 G
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ X1 I0 H9 ^/ J+ p" S J5 sGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! f/ G5 Z, @7 X; f R
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) i% R# G. ?' _7 i! i: F5 z9 n- e' DWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 }# y2 Y; w d2 b; Y: vJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% R0 K! Q! B$ A* U6 r6 m" a
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." C. F. j; V3 U* \
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,+ u3 c- D4 }% q) W/ n8 k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- T w. w" b2 F, A( @. vGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,% ?; R2 c0 J5 G1 l8 H% o
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
, X( y" ]9 Y( v4 h+ v/ r6 j) {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; P) m, ]! \& W
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( T; |5 C6 A3 n u% r. t, w/ w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 t/ S5 V0 B6 |, P1 g0 `$ A: E+ BHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( A1 ?! }1 F! l- B, X, u9 vOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# i4 i' r- H! d
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. ~1 ^ X$ s3 v( t$ [5 P- u9 m
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
* m% E2 x6 n3 ?2 h# k' `7 o----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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