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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' p/ `8 [4 a( e0 F9 K0 mWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 c* V9 {' x; c0 z5 v$ i/ j
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* C. f, V- i& r5 d: ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.5 W1 Q+ E3 Z: O: T u7 O& C7 k3 h9 f
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ }: \! P5 p( A0 {9 O v, vWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 a8 b6 @& E6 \0 q8 ^& ]A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ }* `) D9 E9 w4 Y' F) E' @/ a
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.$ b6 z2 x- M7 `) I
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,' u( D e& H" b( g0 B& j5 v
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,8 ]; {2 o! O* K2 ^# @
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
; I9 _6 v! ^ V$ Y1 C4 j: z; Y, uAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago., p1 W1 Y* T7 A1 z' \# @- ?+ E
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
5 B9 P+ @3 R% x. eAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 k5 _: N( N. n% Y
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,( y* j1 y6 w% w: D9 \$ D5 O3 Y
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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% S* {0 P7 d3 j$ \4 C4 MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 M( v' T" V; w' O lWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 R% y$ v, `6 p* x3 B' hJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
$ ] X/ w. G( I0 F/ W) GKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 u' [ i! |% {5 {7 P mOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,3 ?! D+ y" @8 x8 A2 F- W, E
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 e. ?. l0 `: o1 A c. X) y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," z# h. ^, t/ q f
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; @( N3 ` D+ V5 L0 H0 |6 ]
" [" r5 r. `# w0 C1 [* O1 jAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide. b7 v& F. w' Z5 |$ M0 w- ]
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( X. v7 c1 R6 j; u# u% pIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 w0 Q4 q* S) e, w9 \4 d' }For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) ]0 N+ K* f5 sHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,1 W6 _4 [8 H" v0 K, m
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
% P) W2 _# N8 q9 Z# DFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
4 n$ A- Y' i; m6 J5 A% K Z: T( HBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
) R2 U1 J2 e& Y! N; @6 [8 T----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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