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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay, ]; R4 ?5 X4 D2 A$ l5 F0 H( q; y& k
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,0 h: ?2 L6 g' s" m( q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' o5 _; `$ [, J. ~3 W- ^And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 ~) P' `: H* J5 d+ c, Q
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- Z( j* Y/ d1 z$ }1 _Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;2 f {6 i$ C" {( [( Y+ V$ ^
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
1 p# M8 r" L6 e1 sWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 V( r' z3 H; d. nAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ J) q4 Z2 z7 d- m, U! d$ O$ B% gHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;/ C& e, c7 I3 o
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 d, S- R( T6 N! p3 uWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
( r7 ^4 [5 F( S" C# v: DAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
4 g" `5 o) ^. u LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- H8 c5 D# k) A5 t& I6 l7 H
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.6 R$ z. _. t, Q9 v; F
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" O% ?( D+ F4 } ^! d) @There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 z; y) I. e4 w W
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
. ^& M/ G- i6 Q. wJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,$ f; v: Y! F8 x- X
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
+ ?0 R! t+ N+ u# m9 s9 K9 @& w. eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
7 D0 }9 [2 V( J- x2 |1 @' |And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" \; X' k' \" q9 |* [
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
' G9 I: k5 a4 _2 C2 gSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.4 k$ X7 N9 r( C
2 I' q3 O6 ^2 E6 `; I5 C% U# wAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
; Q+ K& X0 s& q# \All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,. s m" h5 @; S( p3 l2 y) C2 W1 B
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
) n9 u6 q$ J9 [ e* K2 kFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- K& W, c' [/ M! Q4 m# _, b5 E1 JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," i, L+ W- l* A
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
1 ^( i2 c, g( n, FFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
! z, p: q0 X8 D* o1 q4 S# wBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.; K* ~, ^$ _% t
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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