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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 I* _0 [& \8 W2 m4 g% d* l' T
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) w6 E- K l8 m9 b6 g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
) k/ M3 F1 T1 ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
4 n! ~& b H3 h# _8 H, r3 HHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 X: l2 x# ^& ^) pWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 @1 |/ k/ M- g2 b4 X9 i! SA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,9 r/ F0 i% y+ s5 {
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
. `/ E$ _- Z% {. [( ~8 N2 LAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,+ g5 V/ _- d2 {/ [ T+ q/ X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
J: X* W' ^& {' Z" j7 H$ IAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 P. m9 M7 X+ X
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,, s# H7 z, n: o& d6 t2 u
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 @8 W1 R, P% d8 d# U' D
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# g' |$ c1 a2 U( s5 H# _
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( i3 H; i* Q/ ~
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9 m' c. S, t: [+ v- y/ h1 U$ sThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
" O4 F4 L) H$ M a* J0 Y+ w3 j9 _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 m) J$ ?( \3 C8 ~0 k- V: IJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 z3 n9 F% c4 F. m' d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.2 o" p# C; \5 S& z
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,3 Z% v1 L0 B: d5 q; u0 |0 ~
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 T6 Y3 ~" l% M- \% oGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) |4 K! r% t. {4 k% K1 dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ W% Y, L* {8 d7 FAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
' S X& V' S2 f7 F4 QAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, T) f5 E, q8 x2 ?& P
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 K6 G8 I/ }2 C7 p8 I2 lFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.6 F. o7 ] q9 }, ?
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 Y5 R0 v$ C- l t! xOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;1 M! B/ \. B% R7 U8 j
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,9 Q% t4 f: N0 [' Y) _7 F2 \0 w* g, y
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago." x; }+ i# |# L# o2 J
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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