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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( M2 }5 Z& A$ p+ k
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' h; X& T8 P6 F0 H; X* V5 BFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* C7 B( A! t# Y' U" Z, fAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." @% J/ c7 n, `( n
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
, i' w7 D+ N- G. S% m2 h rWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
* K5 v' a6 p( T, @0 W3 U5 yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
; J: D" J" h" R) `' R% u. EWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., P$ I- r3 W$ y: f
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; b/ X$ D3 z' r, N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* Z3 S+ @0 X" T
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;( B K+ y" I* A0 N5 Z5 l; [$ ]" {
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.4 [* y. m- _) h8 P
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ R' s' b* T$ E: O: k
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., ~0 d. k+ L$ s1 @7 v3 ]
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 @6 g, H1 M% Q7 M6 u) a$ W
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* S1 ]9 z- b- u% V1 g3 {
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% P4 v% e! o- _. E& r- JJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,' q+ W5 u- m3 d' P: A
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: b" X1 d4 @ C- gOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,! W7 Z* W3 @3 x, p B2 D
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ [# W* q, B! ]6 F
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, h' h% B6 s& i/ d; L8 U# _: Z
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.. g, r# [' y9 S, e4 ]$ k
& r- y! h& Q, C; Y/ M( eAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
1 V# w/ W; L" R8 K% HAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! o0 ~1 T3 K) m( vIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 b* M( R; h4 d0 P. ~: @- Q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ f% l$ }0 j1 |* G! K% y6 u& MHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
?' V' k1 H& I$ @' HOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ g* C* n# ]5 Z) j& J& w0 aFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' c8 q3 V/ I$ E1 }8 D8 C5 `1 JBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 F& b0 `7 R# K4 z, L" K
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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