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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 B4 U' `( D# P/ _; F3 [) i& i2 OWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, g! H& U% D% o% z. n
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
, C) W0 [4 l4 }9 q9 w' o8 K: hAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
, Y8 ]& u: d' o9 v3 C! S, u6 \His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 C4 A) U F9 k- P6 TWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! z( Y' D3 C5 c# C6 l0 ]A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 X1 U) B5 N; v& |# jWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ X% P9 P0 a b* E* Q7 w
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; g, _7 h' g" q# |( k4 _! PHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;( r1 ~' @0 D2 _7 c7 k. S# p5 K# l
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.' c9 m% ^ A8 U9 c8 w, b
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& W+ i* b& v d# hAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. _: H; }7 Z2 ?% O3 g3 H3 C
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 Z2 Q3 Y1 n8 l* iGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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) w/ F/ r' K% E; t" O h( vThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( Z: \$ c m; l2 _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 w; s, q* U' h$ ~2 j
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( C( n3 w, _& x0 u) d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.7 f3 Y6 U$ o& b
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 T; O: ~* p% {" g: _: G
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, a/ g2 b& u0 t
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( c, A$ A' u/ }( N" C- DSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 J) m j$ N3 |* x
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide4 ?8 r+ s( A/ e" M: R
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: R1 K E V+ ?% d! L$ ^; N; c
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
2 D* G2 M$ z% V% QFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( B2 j6 z# d/ f8 G; ~
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 P& {4 Z* U+ K9 x: y3 D* U5 C8 YOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
6 e& o- I' W6 `+ \& ~4 [5 o0 K$ BFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 s0 @, }3 q8 {
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- o; Q+ e( H1 P6 V% x. ]5 Z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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