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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; t1 H% t7 o* F" _& q" U+ OWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
+ `+ a( ]" ^; s( ^& @From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# S* X! W" M$ C2 W. n ?5 {! y. `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.. }) f0 }) B( b3 N$ S
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 P2 C6 a1 P$ v! x4 ~Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( \1 R5 Q0 S0 l
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
+ w$ g- k* G! G8 pWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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8 v3 f8 y' X$ S) d+ uUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,6 Z I7 L' ]/ v9 Y9 Z
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! E+ W% S$ G- m( d- W" dHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' e5 Z$ J- q" ]# a4 `6 \, C" @Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 W' ]' r' e; L. l- j, \1 ?2 M
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 F, n/ ]4 t6 {" ]8 g _
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.3 Z( @1 Z6 [, \( f ^
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; `. ^$ Q/ h* w2 s2 f" U, m: mGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., U h: n7 |$ W9 K
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5 i+ } {1 j1 X$ o& G. m7 {There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
# Y5 K% y/ V2 t3 C# H8 M6 ]7 ]. xWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light, I& x" D4 K, C* G8 z: _
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 n( ^4 K% ~9 R% [3 m
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. O: Y: O" S# d; H3 lOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
: A7 {' c( f/ S( u5 i! EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;( ?- w+ C. @7 Y& s
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 I7 H, H5 [, x7 ?
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide% v" K% e5 ? A' D! @$ D
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 T( j" d1 ^ F2 g! E
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,# H. I: V4 t" r' U* [& J6 R' ~$ J0 r
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
" Q; `3 ?' O1 I9 }. O% x9 B9 g" ?Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,& p9 w( e8 h& d) \
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: T8 l; D8 D, b9 PFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
: f3 [7 c( I4 o: K- xBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ K* p- i/ x. x" i, q; t# y9 ~7 W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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