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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay& C3 Y& I" d$ y, C; F/ v
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ ?2 h5 ]2 Q# |" [; X) `: fFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ f! V) b6 t8 qAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 i4 N* B6 n) F9 v9 q
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,$ M" r9 T4 A% l3 X; O3 m3 m
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 o* X! o: e/ w JA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,+ B* Q: S/ b# o W
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; \4 M5 v% v3 r- G# _( A
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 A. M, G2 U) H0 t3 T2 V+ ~Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;1 l$ [5 g5 w3 f/ d, N+ ^, z, {
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ X% k" p, ]/ A; L- \7 C( D
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& i5 P6 g; q+ M+ Q( h5 A QAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: |+ E. O6 k- x% p0 P* \" ^9 OWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
5 K2 e, U- Q( n" w# m1 ?5 T" uGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# _, l ~& T/ G2 \0 N8 N4 f
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% @5 Q" t8 @5 x0 s0 Q( CThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,2 @8 H% p4 n% x
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% x9 q5 ^7 T8 v# g7 |; B" YJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 D2 H* ^, M# a7 O, ]8 c4 b! J9 j4 ?% i9 MKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." u: _6 X' Y* C6 m+ c# V/ }& ~ O
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,0 z: `: n% X% j6 g0 y4 d; M! q) m
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;# R# d9 l& D/ z0 [2 B6 l. f
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ }) c( ]# J( B5 U# s& u4 L; y9 Z. pSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 V" l8 E) R; R7 e
$ N3 [$ h$ @/ GAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
/ |2 j( F. C% `$ y% V' DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
6 I8 l) |6 Z; n( Z5 rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 R% t8 m+ @/ a) q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) o$ Z3 Z8 X1 }3 N3 P
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,% z1 ^1 x& u8 A' o
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" z9 ~3 m- i( P+ G) [/ l0 UFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,4 S0 `& p' ?$ B5 m
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
6 f& g. c0 @6 Y; x) R----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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