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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, \( N1 {# E( H3 D' r( x/ IWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,1 r" H( Z) O' n1 f- p
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
$ L: S$ w' p( l) v) B ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; j; j3 h, i/ t# [& AHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
' F9 T% e# T1 `; M+ CWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
7 t; S& g0 @4 o2 a$ V# PA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 f" I' M, g5 t7 I: q' `! |! x) pWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., U9 B2 z$ w1 ~5 @
& h$ ?# p# u. F- f: U3 E, mUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,8 G" D- d8 a/ q$ Z# @
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
# b" I' K/ Q0 _Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;1 z4 G4 N, l; u" r: M3 a1 |$ n
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 Y5 g5 _& C! z* z b6 OWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
& W3 _5 D, g& aAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 s. S, k& M" W* @When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& L$ b* y' l1 ?: g! W- }/ F
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago./ w/ k2 u: u, e7 K9 l% a
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6 Y' r A: l) ^; x3 S9 bThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,# C# k3 r( M c3 s) B5 _; V3 O9 I
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
! f, l, X* O' {Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 `( N& x( \! q1 }; Q8 [: Z" @
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
% M% [$ _* R/ W( d' X8 TOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 x" U2 a2 I4 e' z7 n; lAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 o. B! R7 ^6 V* S9 g! t5 ? X# N5 c2 SGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
$ m% {0 F) n4 j' q8 `% W; G4 WSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& W0 J( j, x2 k! U
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
2 t, x" Q2 N2 E7 YIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) P) ^' Y9 z( T, T( W
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; R( w+ v% g& b3 \7 O1 E5 m- g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- z3 l3 A# }- v# uOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
" K7 V6 D! j: y5 K& ?From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 ]) b; {" ?9 i. I2 ^
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 m; a9 X( S. c7 I7 x% u& y% [----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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