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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
6 V& X# }5 P6 h, ?) L7 {/ h s2 vWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* F: i% D2 ]% e" O
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,# l9 M$ ]/ s8 X2 |! U5 I6 B
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.& t0 y5 K2 M2 |7 t- |9 V
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 C/ Z: P& f7 ~' Y: n
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ V* d* V7 K( K0 k" Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 q. Y/ x: k4 x6 E8 D2 G2 |2 o! h
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 R7 n" P7 \! z1 v
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( e: w5 ^! Y: [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 B: s0 Y5 V* t% t% F1 TAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- w1 |$ _9 ]! I. V/ ~2 ^3 c8 bWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
3 j7 E, _& [; y) ? t- _" K5 S2 ^And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ C! n b: }* X+ Z3 Q2 p1 D3 ^When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 L3 F2 N! Y6 _) o+ \" p* W
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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3 w4 b' Q- S) e5 ?5 ]) |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
/ |8 `" V$ U, f0 p5 @Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- p/ p" d8 S4 p$ t
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,' t% ]- _' j* I* Q/ |0 M
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.6 m% {1 V6 B- A8 {% Q6 I @* @) A, x) j
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
% i. Z9 l! Z8 e: X6 U2 Z: IAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ i" b6 D2 a0 Q' q( J( j4 uGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, Q* { ^2 O' M6 z' N' ^
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 }4 [: g F- B7 o2 h
3 d7 @, K: \" rAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
5 \9 g: Y) `( d( IAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
# y9 r1 \ c: i- t% _! m- EIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,0 k! p, V9 ~* A8 p7 @& h" D8 C N
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers., h9 F: F/ k" a% l: b3 A1 ]
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
; j6 e0 N* U; R; K$ W8 X3 jOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ K+ Q8 V/ q- d# P [* Y
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,- b6 F) c5 j3 c, ^2 \& \6 W4 k
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. ?. u3 B: ]! h2 C0 S, d9 x----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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