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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
1 g0 Q5 |: f! g! c. H1 PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 ~0 ?. F0 M$ j( s+ ^, AFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,6 M0 h' D/ D1 ~' S$ e2 i! M* C
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., R, t9 e9 A2 I# W; Y6 Y
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* ~, p! s( x5 aWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ p0 s' w9 ^/ o. H
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! Q% v0 w$ B6 k) H0 z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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% \0 o8 o" g/ o3 v. r, w( w# ` aUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 O/ X' V( J% N/ h: K* ZAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
! c I5 z1 [8 V( B4 R4 [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# H. o2 N" v! V3 U b1 S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
. P0 ]8 k8 R* p! W2 J9 S, u/ ZWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) H; R* ?; p* K; B y/ H
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
, M$ M' S! u9 t$ p# }/ jWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! q) U" S5 j- m- \, [
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., \) C7 b& L7 e$ u8 e/ i; R
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
t0 ^- L+ r& R6 o# _6 o4 f9 dWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ j/ n O( {$ O p( U! V/ @) A3 d
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,* E" r6 y2 f. r7 {
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 e* l# M* }+ yOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 \; H9 E3 f' T* ?1 KAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;. D6 w# `8 w1 o7 t7 Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
% n [# J$ z$ S, wSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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8 K# @1 m$ G8 S3 a3 v1 @2 _5 P* hAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 Y& J3 b4 p6 K. v) sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,* e0 ^% w' G6 ?, k2 Y6 ~! ?
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- w6 s' _8 X" Q( E WFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& ?1 [6 p" ?! A, EHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 |+ X6 ]+ x; D# ]. ~% HOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 `7 S7 u5 y0 V! k* V5 V# r
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' G1 ?- J5 F) X3 X+ r* UBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& K( Z$ m$ I4 @1 U5 J----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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