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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay. _" D/ Z1 V9 M9 n+ K
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,' M S) ]& F$ R! E& [5 i" o
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row, K+ O( C$ `* D, o A( }; z
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 h q; v/ B6 T5 @His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; V. }) y, \/ F7 T+ f' [
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;( f6 V; [6 u! q" Z0 C/ o
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
/ Q- B4 }+ m, d2 ]Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.% y1 b! T- `* c* D2 J2 P& C7 n
' F7 Z5 q$ L/ {; N, VUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) t0 f9 P) S, h6 a$ U' ^3 D4 ~And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 P6 o4 m; @6 {: B, P, T
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
5 v: f3 u9 |0 w( w6 h8 u5 yAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
3 z0 ]5 F) j8 H0 qWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ A, J4 d4 O( Y; d2 i* I3 I0 w3 [And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" v' K! [0 w1 nWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,! L3 G. u5 H e% F* L" w* R' n7 ?
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago. }+ r/ }& l" X2 m8 V# `) T) e+ |
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% L- g! b( E( Y QThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 U1 ^# T1 N1 `' R
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
: A; `: U2 t& VJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* @! `& O1 n v* w0 ?Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.$ Y. e! z8 [ w9 W! `* {3 k
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,& q- b# m. S6 e
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;) _6 [' K1 R5 v! n' O* r+ m8 y0 X
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
( W$ C; t3 X3 f r. M @1 Q, ySuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.$ }% l3 r0 L5 \
V: u: F) d3 a! c5 xAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
3 c- d4 J5 g: N' c" fAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,- h( G& x) _; v1 m2 F
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,1 a0 m6 ]4 G; a/ k7 V! Q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.* |& ^2 h3 e) e# i
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. z" n: h* c, C5 f! hOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
( \3 X, s; `9 g. {. Q' m; sFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 ~: b- p f8 B9 d- Z. K4 XBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" \% C$ w, \1 O----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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