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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
4 g5 c) E& ]( b1 H5 YWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& |) s) @5 g. c* ]( @
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 k8 U) h% B. HAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% n% @6 e) o+ y; x5 e! ]! n' oHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
/ s4 F& R6 }& jWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
w8 B' b, S% ^# K7 w! w( P( [( {A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 l% |6 ?2 U4 t
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( x: u/ u; O9 `2 f
$ X3 P5 u i, K- SUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ _! q# Z# w: o' h" IAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ C3 [" @' ?) u: b u0 XHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
+ T& [7 L1 A$ A0 _2 o7 PAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- U0 x9 p) S; Y! J, t0 M% y) G9 yWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,; H; W& J) x% s0 I) g) N% X
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- `' ?7 V) F5 d
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,) r/ J, A2 X% i0 d
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- d. [4 `5 r2 r0 T, ^3 nThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
! y2 L3 W4 R, `# ]( bWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
; S- G# m( S9 g& B. ^9 DJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
4 _" @+ H" L0 {& ~Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago./ k1 z3 |! C. }# R# a$ X
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' ]9 ^/ \5 Q& d7 R3 b, |' IAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
) b* n5 f" P1 `+ r! ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 D+ I( t; K+ ^. E8 x! z7 ?
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; l. T! R( c& {" K* ~$ {: _
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
/ G* l+ U7 J+ Y+ t. OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ m( s/ g) c+ _
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,/ n5 `2 x$ w) l( ^7 w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
$ n9 S f; ], G9 `( pHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,. w' |. k+ O! l) H! t
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
) k5 t0 T9 ^0 K+ p4 JFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
/ z' e! l" S* c2 P% \0 P2 _# O" m3 QBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 T. C9 C2 x% M/ ]& `----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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