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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( I( }" J) H. z: w7 ^When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 U7 d( [( b; `6 r% C! b x
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
, T; E- \+ m" DAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., M% V# f f) I( o
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- x0 N) k6 Y+ |$ t0 DWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 y4 W% V2 p' ]9 b2 `3 E
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' j/ J& s L& UWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 Z2 M8 f; g T7 R; M( `- J
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 O- X9 W& P0 z1 ]& J% S1 X0 d& GHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* a. @3 T! ^0 N9 c3 @6 U9 e9 ?! i9 kAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: X9 K7 h5 k) ?- l2 P l" IWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
7 Z* ?# o. N4 N2 `- k0 DAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* R( P/ ~, g# }4 ~When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) h( c$ V2 x( k! \% i
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.9 K0 ]8 ]$ _/ l' R$ ?
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3 @4 |: y* Z) F# ^3 D7 L8 LThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 @+ t1 C" e8 X: U* i- ?# ?7 t, iWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- c% x4 c6 Q) E. f6 f& h) X
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* }; D F: p9 K. g6 z7 P pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.% K; @- l2 Z( {* U* b
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, U" }( P9 h5 e, k9 i+ L
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# k3 q4 O2 q; @* T$ ?# J# \Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
! A6 _# H$ k& N+ I6 ~* ~Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
: ?% }2 X9 w( } |& Y3 _All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
/ |& V, a* S; H& V8 @; jIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- ]6 l+ T% T6 E' D. u
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers." j' U* c: k ` a) P+ p0 p* r3 j
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
! C: \3 k; L( f, C( W, _3 OOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
* g6 B% D! e( u! J' P! j6 }7 K/ MFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, O3 P8 z( X- k/ t; F, g& E3 @
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- u6 n5 H, X7 ]' k7 m' u
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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