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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 Z3 O8 a" r# }0 b2 Z9 r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 j y2 c; I, M- _From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# R1 ?; e0 J8 x- J1 B- R# T
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
. ^9 L/ b/ ?8 V8 I& q& S2 f: j- kHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,3 t5 t& _1 J, N- e/ X
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 N/ Q, a0 a9 ^ ~* L; Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 i3 I7 h: t% G1 |Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.; M; [& F6 q, y; b& G6 N, a* o1 H
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 m- R% _, H( x. OAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
0 R# C1 ]. E- DHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& y; c; g0 K. A3 @2 r1 k1 h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
8 T* O' V) ]. j- F; ]2 MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, O5 V0 Y. T( P7 ^% f, l
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.1 Z. r5 l- B7 _2 r; T, b) m
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low, W) g: T0 U- u
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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9 f) w( k$ ]5 b+ o* V4 TThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* O6 d8 i- F4 R' c" tWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* u8 R8 J* v3 u( r. `1 r
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ B: n& J* ^0 j. L+ J1 kKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 n: V2 f" A9 e- H8 O( }On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,5 U$ Z6 s4 `5 }0 y( @. ?. L" R0 @0 e
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# \7 e0 p, p7 O- J. B4 ]4 @7 ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 C! R3 B1 _ p3 [. d
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ b. W, c3 w0 b% XAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
' D7 l: a Q2 [1 y8 b3 k( sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
0 r9 m% F* t9 W# O. E8 `In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,% p( E6 p* F9 j! E& d( i' x' J
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. t: Q3 J$ T2 y" K$ \" t0 q' z* d3 VHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 }0 g+ z: L' ~6 U% zOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 _ g$ ~' y/ p( u; g6 D# W$ iFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; P E0 k0 a4 E4 y$ M- p" z" [9 P
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago., x) D5 D! f6 O k
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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