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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
& {, s; a. J$ q8 h. GWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
* _6 F' g! h3 ~' Y) ?8 lFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- @9 z6 H# e0 f* a; rAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.& S1 v. t9 J/ ^+ j( x9 w- m
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
8 ?$ r% `( ^/ p; ` ]/ W6 s6 MWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;% ?. P; v/ f7 v, ]( H6 B& L
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
# c) y5 I3 y2 b8 b U; [Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
% H! e" I3 ]+ |& f2 vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) h! [5 O, d: ~; H
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; Z D( I$ G2 J a, |& o
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 N/ |' W V+ A8 @
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 i3 h" H$ [& X* WAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 W1 a0 {0 G& Q% M# a7 }5 uWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. w$ T) ?7 O$ C0 }# t- b" N" {" Q' SGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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, B" G( B$ A1 D$ c. F8 L2 T# c9 TThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 B( h# m) S& C& u) X/ Z! |' ^Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% S# i, P2 I4 lJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* q/ E5 c$ L% s3 H) W2 \' q; TKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
) {. @: U/ F' U6 S6 s% _" VOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,# S6 b* @0 I" s* n C
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
/ d3 u7 x# n/ J* z$ B& |Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,* y2 ?: ?3 {8 N; w+ n8 c. R6 B
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she./ P, ]" U$ N/ ^, E$ `! {; |7 g
, o+ s! I/ H7 H9 l# w- L: g5 F+ bAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide' a6 |. E/ v, [- c0 D, Z4 Z
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,# }& [" }; P6 `8 q" n; S
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
4 K+ u4 E- \* l" AFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.- ~6 U8 C7 G' l- n& D# V; X
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
6 D5 R) ?; w; yOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. ?2 e" O! R m8 p# P
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,* J; _% G2 p% A* Y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.6 i8 Q$ h% ]8 h
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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