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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# i! d2 s+ P) j8 v$ m8 K
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ D7 r# v; ?6 I( Z( R1 ]From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
4 p* [7 l! S7 b9 {And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.9 t, K+ p. [$ [ F. f O/ d
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 I( D0 r+ w4 `5 c: O) U6 [Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
/ @4 A2 @( a K: V% qA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, E y6 |' i% B; u! s. Z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ A$ r3 q1 q; F) V: r4 s! C# u: cUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 T) |: o/ ]: \3 C
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,' @/ m3 j- n, R( f; y' h0 p
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;* l" n. h1 {* i5 l( M# w* s$ L
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
) l0 ?3 o# h: Q$ MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,- Y3 P7 C7 C9 G& n9 S) S" ^2 t
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
! i3 ]* b+ P% M3 v- |0 |When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
2 Z% Z8 O) Y" w* r% L- x( oGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.. G0 @, V; Y. A. Q& L% `& U$ P3 M8 v
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- @" J2 y. P6 NThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,/ E- V) W- D6 r+ V; n- m1 w
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,1 \9 l9 h% k+ h; T$ b2 y4 N7 a
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* z3 q$ _2 [$ e. o5 J3 S0 [Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; Y$ R! x# X! O6 w) n8 Z! F* T; {
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
1 x7 ?, S' t+ |: L) K/ W* vAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# P G2 T4 o6 j( wGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ y1 i7 {! x" `5 ^
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( t1 m6 T% J8 W7 a% L" z
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' e. v) t# e( B, t( t
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,$ H! i# e8 D f r( w% t
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 P7 d* y2 |% A* B! p9 o
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# U+ ~" O$ ~0 HOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
& w' o p& d' b W' jFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,+ U. z% @1 U6 f3 I7 k8 p. r
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
}2 l0 Q' }+ j$ o6 M# C) I3 S----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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