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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
* e! g3 s3 H' t' _( iWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) d$ W! i0 Y' m/ N% Z$ S
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! K) ?. n: z' cAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." W- h' K2 w) p, T9 t
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 S' [2 P+ y; [. d
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; I) H/ b5 V8 B) S! Y$ {$ Q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
1 X6 j; B+ Z1 l/ R. j* gWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago./ z' }& z& w4 i
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,. r, s! {0 a m. s4 A4 {
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* H& A5 X% P) B8 q! d+ X0 q
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;4 j9 h$ k+ i4 a
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." J0 D( f6 O! @" y1 i: g( i3 @
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! l0 @+ m: _. p4 N- W
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. X9 d$ U# r) y0 u1 B
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) A7 i9 j; W3 e2 p/ k+ e8 U4 eGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
, W8 Z7 T, T! h8 AWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 t" @8 ~7 W# x; |; @1 O. [+ o5 p
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
, I5 G$ r6 Z1 NKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
! N5 X9 g8 A6 V1 ]3 KOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; A, ]: a' K, w# T# q& b
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( w. P' \( n9 ~4 @1 s6 [Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ @1 b* C! S! h+ |9 ^! K4 T
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ S- ~ }% ~: g
" q, X" w2 g z' lAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide* k; n9 z) D l. x% a N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 P/ _8 _7 J$ a* s; h4 u% ^
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 D. m/ c5 v$ h' U" j- P' Z
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
; S' E: o* E9 y5 m' E. bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,9 o2 E! a) S9 b8 g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
8 G4 p: W' H$ e& b& M2 TFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
m- o9 t1 D/ L @9 D5 D( F, mBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" a, v7 Y3 r) D( m" E/ d/ r----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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