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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 a \1 ?! m* Y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,& v) P5 j5 d0 M [7 j" B$ p
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
6 h* }6 Z: o* h+ g. {& ^- m- H2 xAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
( }' |6 H0 }: H* ~His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, A* I# L5 U. u# N: n/ n, p& G
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
( D% H. u2 n( h6 I4 eA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,- l+ b! G* ^( `2 j6 T
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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& D! b% B6 H K$ X( U) @+ [Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
4 h6 Q" g) y' p. J& O1 {" YAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& k9 q( Q" {3 |0 V- S* dHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' U5 p# q3 Z6 l1 n1 U KAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 _) V5 R0 t3 o! @) I( E4 M- J
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ j5 c4 }/ i& _% ~0 A
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% I& G5 t" ]2 I6 e
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
8 R, P9 y! y# jGood 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,0 M1 A+ V/ A" U" d3 u7 o
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, v2 S5 U: y( M) }4 _! E. W) C, N
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
- j8 ]5 t; x, y: b# XKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 u! E8 `2 E0 b# L. _: R0 I, R
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
# N8 l" Y6 Q6 s: p. MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
9 D0 e% U9 ^3 N9 V/ N: vGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
# k" V5 N' @ \" R6 \' P% _; Q( P- KSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.* Z1 V* q E" d- n ]) E
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
' V. c1 y; k. O$ D8 YAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' H0 U0 R: O7 H) p) c; B
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) z. u$ }) h, _9 i" p* sFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.- \( n. x0 Z4 @# P5 Q. k
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
& M' M' X& v9 V' b- C% {5 }On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 Y. J; y7 D9 ?& q5 z) EFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- U% S2 y& Y: L& k: x" MBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' i2 ?6 C* L+ z
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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