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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) _, p" c1 O, ?' V9 r; r
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,# Q# h6 x- e0 |& Z6 W# }' ?
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,. f: U6 Y1 y9 q/ j2 n
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- {9 f t- Q% y" }) h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
: b/ E& n2 _0 W( m2 V: GWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" ?, `& H# S0 D! C hA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
7 Q/ w: I# \; X4 vWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.% |' A# I9 I8 K
_# Z( p6 H& B/ j0 f9 i4 |Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 E" w% [) ~8 m' C- {: |
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% ?) e' G' _ ^4 p5 d5 L
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;0 m# D6 R0 a) W1 L4 Y
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.2 w% `% P) D0 ~( ~0 S5 m9 A
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ I# i6 Y7 _9 F( Q% V
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% N! E5 u# v* A- S Z; z5 N
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 n1 |" q3 {# D- r
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
5 G, q( x; O$ h4 PWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,4 M* p/ L( \" p" H& E
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,& u6 L% l9 P v3 |2 i) @
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
: c- D. ^9 V/ @! fOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,9 ^) m3 i/ T0 X: D# o
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;- e+ e9 N( T0 G) {1 ?
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) K3 e+ j9 Y( P: V
Such 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
9 x, I E6 k+ U! e" p3 V* NAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: m i& {7 R( X7 O8 h0 p3 T; b
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 r7 }! [% A9 i8 E3 o8 j7 e8 ^( B/ T
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 D3 f& K; b1 W1 L( {1 d0 D8 NHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* z6 v2 N7 _" G6 yOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 h, K1 H; r. U+ fFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; K |7 d/ L0 x5 p" R( u
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ k5 r I3 j0 ]2 c6 N. R% n* I
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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