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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; K1 g3 c/ i9 I7 L6 M
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,4 j" ?+ F9 q- a- u- B+ q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 ]; \/ y0 ]" [
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! p' n0 h+ a: ~8 T6 p& C. c
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,9 v$ `6 V3 }2 {$ C3 k1 E$ r& x
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 K- N( m. P1 Y; ?( k- P5 m- U7 GA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, L" e: r4 K" K+ ~- A- S+ M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' S# \. N" Y: \4 `# V- ?Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% w& j" Z8 a$ M
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ c8 q. N1 o6 ]# C0 R- f
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! i/ G& T* _9 H2 p L% d, O% ?
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
1 e9 B* U- J# _9 r: s3 K# ?9 ?With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% m2 C h e! f2 s0 b9 [! ]
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.: w0 I) c; V3 I/ i u3 D
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% F/ t2 M. i. D/ _" dGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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. E0 {; p& q8 `+ r+ {There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) X! `4 V1 B8 _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,4 j$ x" E9 p" ]; Y- x( ~# H# s
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,% ?* e5 K* \ i: g
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.4 T% r# S# R" k" X6 I# Y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: p' O9 [% G! C* C" EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;, _2 A T1 ^/ f, i% y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ \1 v; e; K: [* j
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 d" t8 p7 V" p3 s* M
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
O; Z" P9 o! lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: f+ p: L% o8 k Z$ j& `" P: {
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; F* p3 D! k, P2 v3 o* {
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 f9 ~4 ~/ y" oHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 O8 i" Q% q6 r P5 w
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' B8 q4 j6 g+ yFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,5 X6 g( V' l8 j$ ]" S
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.$ `8 O# c) p# i4 z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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