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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; F9 V; W1 \. d# c
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
* f3 W6 m$ @# P, RFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
1 W5 a7 c" X5 S& ?And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
4 g2 d/ ?) ^% m& T9 h; j; OHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 ~ v7 P } R& o" BWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;4 F7 c' R; Q5 ?: j
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 \' z3 f; L4 ^5 W0 ]2 k) [7 B) ]4 e |Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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' z V* U3 f1 a1 P9 XUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ ~7 I2 r& h3 D& O1 |$ BAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
% @7 `: U6 _2 B( B3 b; i( t) GHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! w8 S! c5 i: J! g, }Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.: a7 M. G% J$ i! F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
4 k. T( y$ b6 K) d" GAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.- F1 I5 |. f; H4 S* h
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! |: H6 g8 h3 g: W/ d" K7 O* T% WGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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$ O+ m$ M0 G! f8 }4 d. g. ~0 ]There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
+ J o _4 i. c8 p9 zWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,- F5 m9 H# Q2 S8 t% x
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. G$ j+ m8 C% o( D
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago. x S1 `6 t7 e
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 L- w/ R- c) w4 q% tAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
) C6 b ?; g# p5 }Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 x. ` e1 i6 DSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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- e1 t- _- Q0 u. I* CAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& a5 W& z$ i7 e! M! v/ g
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 F/ G0 F) Z/ Z% n
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( i+ m' U: O) w" v8 x8 Q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers. z! _4 j- v- q+ B7 L. L
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
' e, c8 i0 W% b; {- G w. TOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; _3 }- s5 v; N* }& N
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- F; g* D1 d9 \9 u" hBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: ~3 G/ f* q. g4 T: Z----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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