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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 c! f- S& J! H# @8 `
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 P8 c! \1 n! y! r3 M
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 y8 x4 t. h! N8 _And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
! q$ y. r9 r1 z: pHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) M( @" B/ p0 ^& W
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ ~! z3 e0 n V/ Y1 MA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 r; S% k3 Y$ Z7 H& XWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
5 Z) { ]- c EAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% s% ?+ E* ~0 z9 NHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ j _: a/ o4 I; q& |% R
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* l1 j Y5 [8 ]$ v" |) x( f3 S: ~
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 U z- F1 T: F" N& hAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; E! v6 L$ y, J9 i
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& h/ c2 X0 [: O( bGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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$ O8 ]; _. h- J$ Q# q8 XThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 M; ^) E! n7 \9 L- F z2 I
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,, c" d, D3 G \% t$ l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," y8 U' n& g, l4 Z+ j
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 P" I6 B/ d8 ?$ e" @/ ^On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) N) s) {5 `" n8 H G' L& jAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 ]) o$ f% m V* U# ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,/ ^% _1 V6 ]5 P3 _% n; T: Q
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# w2 ~+ N9 ~3 B3 e( U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 Q! h( y s9 a# ^' aIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 ^ ^" ^3 s& v* a1 bFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers. | F- W" c9 D4 b. E$ z) i4 U( y& u
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
( |5 n" f6 ~% P1 j& `( wOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ A0 r* ]# y) i5 @+ ^
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
/ L( c$ Z7 W# t: z; S" x% BBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 w, j3 V* R' K, K4 ?0 ^----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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