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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 \( u/ v- F9 u: m' E; a/ Q8 `When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* u. u6 _2 z8 ?$ Z! J( h7 M# [/ H
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
3 R! d; C& L. eAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.+ z& s: A0 S, `0 P: u
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* W* z! z1 r @7 `) A5 w
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: T9 p, O/ p& j, `! T) [; M4 ]
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 {' w5 `/ p( u; X/ J
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( j ^/ ~" [; ^+ J7 [- N, {
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
# r0 c& A8 |) A7 z8 s+ HAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat, `3 J) e$ k# C6 d+ H6 `2 P
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& |, N9 h! i8 d0 o! f, W: ~6 w
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: h3 p* J& k/ K5 BWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," d v0 M; i: z) J+ u4 m
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
% ~& X" |# a! R+ I: ?5 QWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* k& W$ S9 {7 j* H1 eGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.1 u5 J H4 Q0 m/ {8 B
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ I( d5 z$ K, b8 [$ @; ]7 ~
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 o: R- Z' x7 @( w& YJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 S6 e: a2 u/ F: I* n" J0 |3 R- H
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 w" K% [8 U, S9 Z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* j; b' q) Y4 U _6 c" @3 r" \And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
0 z- }$ t2 X" E* l# m! cGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ I3 y" t9 T# ISuch 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* A4 ?) f, r0 y0 N* k% w
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. C6 t. m9 b; a/ [
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,! J" W. ~5 S9 M: l
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- h T F) d; UHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,! o* ~6 @2 O# n( Y9 ?6 `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;: H$ M" J% L- u' U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
7 n5 u; @3 }/ U; vBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.( W5 ~7 i' f8 t8 i) ?
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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