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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay1 i6 y7 P Y0 v) l: N
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,8 v+ i4 L; U* b* T
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
& { i# i5 q+ N. Z5 W' X$ O6 WAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
7 W; A- D) h% i) THis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,: y' _, ~% Z3 [! D
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 a3 t2 {, E9 m' {
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 Q2 t- g! O; RWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ B& _ P+ I' b. K5 }, a
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
}# h2 [( l+ K$ ~5 c5 bAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 y: P- z. {" o
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 v# y. l! s3 b" Y
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 t) i7 Q1 y9 Y I) ~. W5 P
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
- p$ v( ^( N" o7 |And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
$ @( C* z$ w7 {+ J; kWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
- v" V! s- m) S4 z @! MGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ h! m& O9 r% K9 D# }
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,% T9 q8 C l- y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,/ ]4 r; ^* h' s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, d K, ^! S8 @3 r" \
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
/ |' Y; E6 Y- Z' F0 U+ FOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 H* b9 ~: p- B! Q- x
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" B9 D4 K1 t) }0 aGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 p% q9 h: @& G9 B: U) KSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 G3 ]9 T2 j( a: ~! f$ o( s; J
2 G' \* q/ K5 AAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 p% U4 i W: l& n( vAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, U: c v( l) a) I/ U
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! s2 G. v, f+ e0 e: rFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 b. R v! Q- n0 w' R; G& Q6 t AHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 Y) a1 ]' h. [' }& l1 T' l' AOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 b6 y' c* a# Y5 u
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,: _. A2 A1 m; ?$ Q; u
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# r$ p* R% n, V7 N8 s. j! e9 N. Y----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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