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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; i `' T* i% V
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,% R# G/ b- g2 L: D! x. j
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 b. t' U5 G0 S' w" f& x9 q) EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., g0 j3 g, V$ Q* h- J0 H% a
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,- U) v8 s: [9 V4 O2 R/ a
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% n3 S. R! ?7 W# G/ BA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
5 f8 x% D6 s# L* W+ C3 fWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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+ |. ?$ j% R5 ?9 ]' |Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 c4 s3 N* `9 g! A& q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,& q5 X, Z& d7 ~- o8 p& p
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ _: k! l* r) }" ~Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- M& c* n( V" g% b6 Z9 c
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& R3 ^! ?0 q9 q( E `; ZAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., T# d4 N& a/ \' e9 S9 b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* k9 O9 F" R) k3 E7 a. E( {Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- e, v8 B* ~. i; o5 B' w+ ^There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,; \; o7 v- y, c( b8 Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,8 q1 T% K6 w' ~
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% d7 W1 ^7 @ C/ D, ~% q+ @7 l
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 k; d! Q @* D- f
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 L; E$ b# ~% } W' y/ _And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
- s& h O: I) }Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,: Y. N7 h: J5 X0 n
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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7 v7 b* M' v+ B" RAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide8 h2 ~5 B! I4 N2 T1 _* K# B
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 ^: H% l! U4 Y% h' b9 u9 sIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* w) _. Q5 ~0 L0 p2 X a7 VFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.0 F: [% Z' ~4 E( N+ U0 S( s
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,, G! T9 F2 [: O; H r
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;/ r. C' S2 w C% B
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! c9 \% P5 Z5 K c! j5 _
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: `# ~2 B& B! L3 v3 Z4 O- e----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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