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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 Z$ Z' {' v# K- }% ?: J" t
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,( m& J5 W$ G( ?1 q8 R, ~
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ ^, [1 v6 T/ _: ]
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.9 U7 V1 B% L3 a+ E" v5 [, t
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein," \3 k0 I/ H5 A" _- r \6 n
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
X5 G2 y: j0 L4 TA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
" }4 i* |3 X6 v, RWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago. M; ?1 R: C6 d, [9 t- V5 f
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
L8 {+ M+ n4 {4 k: W3 b- M1 kAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; i, @9 a, |8 ~6 K& r3 g* D, VHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;5 j% ^7 [+ k8 O, I
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
6 U# e; b+ P5 H4 n! nWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 D7 c) ?: C: D L9 G8 CAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears. X- L- r( e/ R2 s
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
, X* M; ^; X" d% bGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.+ B& Q% X* f& T( y8 d) e+ C. @
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
8 ]& |9 |# f& q% s+ _1 A+ M+ NWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 _1 x4 H) } q2 q
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,6 h8 ~# J3 [; L/ t
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 I6 d$ t8 g2 J8 n$ z/ S: EOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; N& z$ v- [, M
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& s5 d6 ]0 {! s! F( p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
: j; h+ F0 W' d; MSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 ] f. E! I5 B4 ^
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
$ ]+ [+ [( x. }All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
# y+ \, s3 D3 k0 jIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
& O) B/ ?. U: P4 ^$ cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
P5 z! A! |9 y# O B4 ]Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* f# g, O4 y1 y1 d4 k2 y# kOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! e( ^. |" F5 y. t9 j) C) ?
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) G! B/ f+ j( W6 ~' r6 I. @6 \4 QBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 n2 `; b$ ]' O# F& k
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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