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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ X8 j4 n; {) `6 B* L3 E: ~6 ]+ NWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,3 b1 f5 ?+ R* F2 }; u G( m
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,, Z6 K/ K; b( B, j
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 o x4 ]5 i- H9 w& b6 P! z9 N5 p
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,8 ~. L& V9 Y/ G8 j5 F& \( M8 f
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; T& S# W; l( H* w# k( C, d" A
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' T/ q: z# @4 d: n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.* ` Z' O3 Q' X% I
+ h+ }+ K8 e% h) B ^- VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
# n/ K# @: C" c1 R& fAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
8 w4 M$ \' [" J; g; [1 C- X4 VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
# x0 f7 P! ]; R: OAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! b9 S& d) R# r+ W! K' X) |$ MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,; R8 O. N! e! u7 V' F
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." J) e" b$ e" d A7 N' H7 L
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; b+ i9 j. g* d1 _5 X, X
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 _$ v3 i3 c+ ~# h: G" {
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% C' j( v- J$ o, `0 L9 J |" EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
& A' _' T9 `6 v( bWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
: [" r' ^" S- z" a X d& MJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
" U4 J, j \$ q" H* \2 d" I' B- UKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.0 C# R w2 i8 Q' Y3 C
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 S* R+ t4 D# pAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;' ?+ C9 K" u- R/ V2 p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, |+ ^% U x6 G) h& u
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 Z/ \7 o- U" x
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
. x$ s, I$ s/ m( `& V5 k' M2 QAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,2 @7 ^( C" U8 Z# B. ?" s
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
1 D5 @6 t( c1 X. O/ E% {For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 g7 z# k- {2 j4 W$ C
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
" a- Q2 r- ]/ e) SOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# ?) i8 r4 ?% D' T
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' S; Q; x# N0 Q: W
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
3 C* c0 w* g! U9 D% d; \----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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