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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 w$ ]. G6 S( rWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way, b3 E5 W+ }& ` W% H5 [. V
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ i5 w9 \. R, E' W
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 x }* A7 _, a% A% v: u i9 L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 t+ n0 [6 w: T6 R v: Y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 ?5 Q+ r8 y! y$ QA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ _% W8 n- V# u* z# j& y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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; N+ a- [; V9 QUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
O* ^$ Y7 j* b* A, p9 ]) i3 wAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 B" u' N/ f# O2 Z9 K
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;2 n. P# L: U4 e
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.+ ^$ v! B% s- j& }( Q2 i
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 C, ]( h ^* K. w1 v$ o
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- s; l0 Y: v$ K; W% e! j
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,$ A, o2 P, Y8 W* h; T
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.' o' e1 V2 M9 y$ o
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,. b$ R% V4 G; Q6 h
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 C$ y2 \# c& O% Y7 MJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,5 ^2 h& Z1 O5 B9 Z! h0 q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! r) l3 f& y, y8 Y4 I# q
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,& z; r& O' C8 F* F
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
* E8 Q9 s6 Q4 t) D" |0 n7 cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,* M9 ?4 T0 F+ j/ s [
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she. I, K) a( w) Q7 T) {! n2 M5 A
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
b; l O/ E6 c- XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
" j6 M* w) y* J* f# YIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- p2 A0 I5 S6 rFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.: B, U/ d5 F- P4 z* s
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* L0 F! R: T9 yOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, s; k# P3 U7 P0 Z: }& MFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. b4 a; P1 F6 d3 c8 F) o1 J" m' y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 t$ e* F3 w. s. R, A4 O1 V2 I+ x----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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