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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,- t1 I9 b U7 L2 G `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% A+ Q! K1 D6 j6 d* t1 E4 m
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,$ F* e1 ^. B) \! A) M1 `
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;# g/ Z. }5 W+ q1 l: W7 o9 ~& c, q. c
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 X# `' i+ {" f- v) r" X. w7 c
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. S7 C7 `* a3 s- E" M
' I( Y, q# m+ e6 IUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
; i1 D% N8 y9 Q/ N$ a8 iAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. i `/ N6 A" p' V# I n5 ?. L
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
8 G8 p% i8 `& S5 L$ r1 LAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.; A" O1 I" `6 m% G v3 t ^
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,' m8 I( f0 v# x, W+ u" \8 N8 L
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.( N7 y' `* E# v; G
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 b) G! L4 p" U3 i# s0 F
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ Z5 _5 _) d! Q
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 r1 e$ g& Z$ V N4 A1 E; @0 MWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
) P, z( P9 K( o: @7 Z3 M7 V$ T( gJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, u8 y- n# n) ]) s
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- F. T2 F4 y3 }9 ]3 J5 A7 v7 D) ?On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
. E& R2 B2 {8 a$ W! X, h3 Y7 XAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" q( S) |' V" ]! ?4 _8 y$ `Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 m* f: }8 e" ^& y5 SSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.' a3 u2 R5 ^ ^2 u
9 t& L3 D0 O1 L& f( _$ uAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 C5 R- v* t/ R' W; Y- V
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 s" L9 q8 \5 N$ {- g
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 p$ M$ `& u5 P6 _5 _. c: y2 `: z* w
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
W3 b- L3 n M/ G5 d, i+ bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,9 m! D) p0 R& d% J
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& a C" z8 O- U$ O# K: [
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ B+ ?% v4 O4 cBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.- o' J- ~; u/ H" Q1 F, t
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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