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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) B9 d# g: M+ o8 r2 Z! d
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,; V" c1 ~- f ~0 j% n d% a
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ e! w9 s* Z6 C6 Q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. C1 c: ^. R* b/ e( b* A% {" q' v
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
% o4 m" d0 f+ x( `Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) k. f" O+ }! D* {! S7 {; WA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' ~, l% @8 t2 C2 v# p( N6 YWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." ]% V) O+ q B, Q
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,& z* i6 l0 F+ s$ H- Y: L- E
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; C) T) R" d7 @* r+ W- y, C. s' R
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;- G) S6 J+ G" `# W5 {
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.0 a0 L T2 ?* k0 H# ^5 _+ M% N2 v
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,. m* I1 l7 }6 R5 |* Z
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& m# i# C' S8 Y. V2 R
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
) ?# X) g0 ?: ~- jGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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) ?" \& n4 w$ w# U& WThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
4 l0 f! |; ^( ?2 x& e7 S' M5 \Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
* c5 G0 }& }+ }2 P( A0 lJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,0 b1 p+ _8 r/ e) }# g! h
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
, o. |( i7 f; \5 R) x% U$ O; @8 OOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
% j0 h, I* p/ MAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* `" m0 `( F' i
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,( G) Y4 q4 t; f$ q* S5 N$ T! F* G, ^
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ [( `/ c1 r/ q& k3 `And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
% m1 i. X$ p# i7 I" i2 d: F: }- qAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 F# @7 |1 O( y/ |- y8 U; N4 [* V9 j
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# \3 ^2 X8 ]: E) XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
! D0 c7 r {0 G0 m7 EHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,6 e# l: \! B( W I% D/ p' g6 ?
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
D/ l6 ]+ ]& Y3 r' k! D7 kFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,! J( l* B* A4 I. X2 [
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago. ]' E6 C; d) q |- T3 s
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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