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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ \$ L$ W0 `; X2 X# w3 x" r
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.# ]( Z3 @) i6 x" t* Y/ a* }- I7 M
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,* t3 X& z0 q1 t X$ q6 _
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ ^! S! x" Z6 V( z) q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* m2 Y+ |7 X4 {/ ?# l% N8 g7 ^Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 E! n8 S0 c" t6 T: G
+ X( w, N. c( sUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,' x) [1 \ T! {+ X9 t/ L
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. `0 w4 q* z. |% b# |
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: ]0 g2 c' w8 _0 v3 _* q, }
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.% j4 Q \2 O# F! g c0 z- n5 k
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# Q& E; d# c! q! dAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
( c" ^* F4 u; M' MWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
7 S6 X. ?+ q% v5 s) c, s5 QGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 k( y) s" y5 q- p
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 L9 J! [6 _% d9 ]8 t* ?
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 A! _ h2 C) l, l% W+ Q
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 w* G, ~8 j: w6 {2 F+ r9 L, w& q
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.5 x8 U' `+ O7 `
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,7 T+ w) L' a9 u
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
9 Q; J% n) L, T3 A* S) MGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 }6 x3 B5 ] K8 a/ R/ F8 mSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.. H/ W l6 d1 G6 e! U: L
# d+ f1 n( E) _8 _1 W) jAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, a( h7 Y. m7 D9 P- E
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
) c4 A- C: T% `. |* NIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
' {* D# w' T+ Q1 sFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.% E; c/ ~/ u7 b( e6 L
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( @( y7 |. d# F( H; A1 n
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;% ?1 l0 T3 T R4 j9 e0 L6 I8 a+ q
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,% T: F# p. M5 V
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 Z$ U7 }2 h8 b/ _5 `. `
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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