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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay$ A+ I: [ b3 {
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* ~3 K, W- U' h$ S# u0 G
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,1 m" D. W; E. m; v1 j) }
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
]* ~! V& i% X; w; R- C: W) u! rHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
/ M/ `$ k$ A$ E& {- dWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;1 P1 t& a- o: R, M+ Q
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 c3 p E l6 m2 [Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 D/ k: h+ v B9 `( W1 A/ L0 i& Y
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
3 J% t' f3 O; Z5 g7 GAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, ?; g# v/ y) E: H9 ]2 hHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* x; W; x3 ?/ a. vAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- I2 P- o A, x3 t1 }
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,* J2 G# @# R% @; ?' L, w
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 f, V+ ?7 t9 d# D! K5 |" ?
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
- B* S$ p# L+ S: GGood 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,
- a) U1 |8 p# Z9 R' ^Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- F+ ?* J% u, p7 x9 X! r
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 }. L5 a! i+ x
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& `) E$ ?" Q5 w% I! x' i
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 H% F% M# x! q/ r7 y* U8 b# i; vAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;0 q- G6 ? Y$ J: f# K
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,3 f: j( [* g; S5 S
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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% A8 G s: ~+ f4 [( u' Z1 }And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
) f3 Z& I$ _! b) H* C* lAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, A7 H% J( d5 cIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' P |4 g1 y0 P
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 a' @2 T) m* D% G3 U; H7 N* v7 T+ G
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
x- H& h# T u, |6 @3 ~7 |5 h& mOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) U1 D- u' t* ]7 ^
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 y% G0 F" n, _% ]: f
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
; g* c; ] L0 i) v( Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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