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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 J% s7 H1 g7 S/ M2 Q4 A
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,+ ^' h) ]/ v1 F
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,7 g. c$ r( E! G' N# c J- j
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 b1 q' V X' D
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- M- z8 a) y2 a1 T8 k. C- {Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;! b! i0 R4 ?, y8 f* N, k6 @
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 g" g- D* ?) ^9 \6 u; Z) w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.( f9 r: |. t s1 j
! G; W( I& o, ~6 v3 |" l* HUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,1 k' @ Q/ n2 @) a8 W
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 f3 [9 c$ S5 i& |1 b) j+ N; A7 m
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
, f7 z3 l6 v. M# wAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. k, b: [/ s, C; B* j: I
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! C g% `, P1 Q
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., W) L& ]1 S' H$ A3 e7 Z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,' }4 o9 F Y G9 [/ P) e
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ s1 K: `/ {5 c/ q! ^; rWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ g0 ^5 I; e; c _' Q' h! @Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
$ t0 `/ O" V* G0 XKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 X4 t: |0 ?! p4 Y& [
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
+ _* }' ^5 p; r! y! N# G- NAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 ]9 C! u( m4 U& {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 F; g4 F+ D0 K4 KSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.: G8 ~8 ~; F7 \& x, j
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide( Z& K4 y6 {8 t; k
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ S5 {' _3 c1 C+ C( o1 F
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 m5 n0 d2 x) v3 B0 F2 V* ^+ }2 x
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
3 a2 N& o0 \) u, a0 NHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
3 \; g1 Y( k7 {+ X. {On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' {# V/ l# \. p+ CFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! k3 w, q' l1 KBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 T- M$ I8 {0 b7 i5 a. b
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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