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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 x9 i) j. |$ R7 V% J# D
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
' i7 o0 y( i4 v* W0 Z* D$ h0 BFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,4 H3 b( W7 G& g- ?8 L) J& d. i
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
1 D" t2 \' g w! L- VHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, H- d* c: h- _" U$ [
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% M7 E0 D$ r8 \( p* [9 X) q* uA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,6 y! s0 _+ B( N# D
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. c& U4 p4 w! \' \* e+ t
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; I1 H9 R4 i$ W, B
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,$ u" c- \: r6 c
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
) ?8 X) H: R$ a; Z( s, aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." H9 j5 P U! J4 T
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ v* b/ W: C& R1 l: w; a$ _: L
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
+ E* y$ Y! D% g( Y! GWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) G) M% q' q! U6 ]
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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3 Z8 o7 I- R% o1 S) D7 V( N2 PThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night, |$ I5 z n! Y7 ^
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,) e" Z' Y! O: o) n3 {$ A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" a; D' }8 O9 u& s7 _) zKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.: v' q7 {) X% J$ ~
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,4 p" S9 a, z- k2 ^% Y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ r( f6 H9 U9 u: i& O$ rGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
; [0 Q- {) l, ^7 }5 R1 eSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she./ o% e# k. L3 j* t1 A
+ C: R" s" ]9 ^9 V3 G: S& f/ a. kAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide$ l' O0 b4 K8 H0 `! U* V
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 n. B6 i. i2 m7 Q5 O
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
% ]5 U: _2 C* N: J o( [; C; ?For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
# G* t% Z, e* t, d( P6 \/ J7 mHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
6 _7 Z) u' e0 \; C1 _On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
. [7 j2 w( G3 qFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,# k) J* T& n* {& A
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 ^$ g% F( C1 r/ g1 J/ H: e, ]----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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