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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay i1 q% P! d' S' N4 n
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way," w5 w: p$ H, H* u5 c' |
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! q) J; {8 y6 W9 j3 l; V% B) j$ ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., B3 R) {% v4 W1 c/ h* h1 r
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,3 L2 z$ k' q6 N0 j8 t' ]- F% \
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, o9 d M h1 M* f9 D$ z# C# l! l6 KA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 d) M- g5 V8 A& Q2 c# h- K" g
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,4 W4 Q1 H* _$ ?, y V8 [
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,9 z6 j0 o- I+ |" Q7 w/ _
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 }. ?9 c) F& N" S: C( T5 F0 mAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 f, Y+ E b% F3 c3 R
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
* B8 L( Z0 ~7 KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ N8 e2 m1 w- U4 B' ~When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ m. k- a" q+ H' a8 p4 ^( H- e2 r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 {$ O0 e0 e- Z4 r+ S- k
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0 s; y4 P& d' y8 r: R4 U; T% C! mThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ ?2 X( F Y9 @! z8 r: CWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; s$ `0 X. f7 m6 u( {' ZJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
' [! i3 R, u! V" F1 ?4 hKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 s* c) |. I' |$ R4 x i a N* vOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 ]# H: e# c, p- J9 ]! x2 I
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" Q! I- t$ Q* @) E* zGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,# a, c$ F2 E5 J; z4 h, r% @3 Q7 U
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. E) j" e2 R5 x& }8 s2 ?
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide: s5 y [; D3 L* V% g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,( |1 s# R1 w( S% l' T9 ?, e1 D
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 \9 s9 S" p9 K* m4 _- H) w v/ p! Q" `For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 M6 d5 w8 W: a2 [
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
$ T4 e& y4 O% d% }2 eOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 X* k: }' S6 S( H* H( |# R
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 g. l7 p, R$ N- C2 H( p1 I
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.5 P9 @* M9 k- l$ h$ d5 A2 ]# a
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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