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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, W# E7 l2 d) z ^/ E1 {
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way," T' Y1 T: A, V8 K) _
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 g, _0 w) W! L K2 @- ^* V7 CAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
+ _- Y2 A8 h+ X( {! b0 O8 I1 X$ ^His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,6 S! P9 d- R3 M e- @$ Z; _) D
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 e3 A U# ?( V
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' F/ l% ?: q0 e* WWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! l2 x: @& r5 o) f1 P& ]
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ l; q% v' s+ h' u5 |& v' W4 S1 R
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat," \- s z: m) j" w
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, N1 ?0 g5 l& r x* y1 Y7 x$ ]Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 [" z0 D2 \. A3 _* GWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) V! F: x! [% {
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 V9 j) n* U; Z' [- kWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
" z- Y, k8 ?8 t; PGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.0 Y; J1 N c9 Z
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3 U2 t6 z! E$ D9 Y" S$ V1 h6 g. EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
R9 s p- T6 l% z3 ZWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 N3 ?1 Y# \) _. M9 }! d! B
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. H$ }: `4 \6 b) f. x7 T. h
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& H% j/ Q. C- o- W5 I8 |
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
5 F7 C" g3 w" n- y$ G8 z; fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' W1 h8 } n$ p NGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% U0 E! o9 w1 C$ y6 VSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 j- F8 t0 i. I7 A) h" U7 f" B* r
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 R5 A8 w) H. W0 j- I" v8 ~All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! f x) n$ w0 `5 cIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 k% W( `8 m& G/ p- V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.4 m6 a* w1 I& @5 z/ N9 a# S
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 x1 ~8 [0 e5 J4 G8 s3 ^& E9 K
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. ]. H( X& B8 x
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- A2 S z( t: wBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
, R1 X9 c1 Q. P) U: f) v) I----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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