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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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# Z# q( M) T' H PFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! o; G- T5 g j: `6 t- B' eAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 L2 {+ ]1 P7 `' Y- v* ^$ J c9 Y0 E$ ]
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 B. q* r1 C) ]. Y& iWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 ?9 \) m5 S; h* l& zA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* A- Y C& S1 j+ v% {5 b7 \Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,& K1 }) \% o* x
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 C& k7 j& ^0 B: p/ k# a, c& iHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: C4 ]# [1 B$ N$ P
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% m4 U& ~# b) B4 M8 x% C1 jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' z$ @1 L, w/ [And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ }$ F0 u' H: E, aWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! H3 G7 Y0 F4 N, EGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ r v+ |6 m6 W& |3 h
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, N/ i' U. C x5 L" YThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,) C& B, ^2 R7 s' f0 O
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, {6 v3 |6 m4 s1 O L
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ Z7 p: q2 Z( e# U0 M1 y G- vKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# Q8 @! l J) C! f3 c& x2 ]# l8 ?9 }8 C
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& X% ^) R. @9 IAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' X- a5 l( r# uGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) b) W$ i: M6 S1 LSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* ?3 x- r, \$ g6 p0 c: |& b$ u
& F) ?7 X; T0 f/ ~2 {* I. T6 qAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
' M3 c4 n9 T. \All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 U( b8 V' U3 q1 G( RIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
; X9 q$ Z' q1 p' d/ f8 m" q) }- fFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 ]7 c3 L: |4 U, e: K- w; }, |
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,7 z2 _4 p9 l8 U a- Q- G [! }
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
8 A" c; e$ r! r; d! ^. yFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow, b: {( ?) q% Q, K
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.; v' y9 y7 O. a' U+ Q# M
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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