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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ W. l; l8 T8 N- ^ E5 z
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
" {; A3 a3 U& W5 V0 H* IFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ g5 Q4 K7 t; b1 B: rAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
$ G" A7 C( _5 K+ X7 Z3 \( A3 AHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," Q/ C( L) q7 p
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 S" v& W$ I% h0 }; t T4 }5 _( f
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* ~ J8 B! i n; }4 V6 bWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,, p0 P, x: d) @& R0 S/ ]* F' I
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 p* w p+ h& U8 o* JHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 G0 |6 p: K/ |% hAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 T g0 l* K/ F' q* |/ `
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% s1 T3 Y; X: H( k% S+ O
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ h0 L' g( Y! y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
Z6 I6 t/ d$ ?3 [Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.) m5 |; W) C4 A% \3 A6 R0 g. d
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9 z) G$ Y1 I1 HThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,; e9 l" J3 Y L I2 ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 A% }! q9 E7 h' m y$ ZJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
1 E2 g. ^- |& L4 W0 ?$ w0 Y# sKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ x& v2 w6 x( |: R; d2 g" V4 }1 mOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,& N6 R0 ]! D: q% b$ `# X
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; N5 ?+ b6 P( s* y) P5 B* iGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,5 a d+ K) o) A6 d! u
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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9 c6 E* {! q- n# YAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 D/ O* U0 n2 p( f' [1 p& q3 `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, w0 q5 ^, ?$ I( vIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! J; y0 \/ C+ s2 d$ P% G, K& ~For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
' D0 o4 P/ {- z/ w. |0 I# F$ g" N9 n3 uHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
+ c3 r- v% h8 W: \. Q+ Q) GOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 F5 A5 d, Z3 u3 U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
; A/ n' d) \8 ^Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 e5 s2 t1 h9 i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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