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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay# C3 e- a& D9 Z8 y0 L& n
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 K; S2 s3 h# \, [9 C
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- c x0 l/ h, Q; w# L7 t0 _And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 r; [) ~' Z, y
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
# J' h: j( m; h3 j. V. jWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;, s \* H3 `1 p. f
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
6 A% H& c5 Q- YWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# z. _+ e3 Y4 i4 u* R1 t
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
6 p, n* ^2 a* u+ QAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
3 k, j4 n0 f; F/ kHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
) ] Q( I& z$ j+ j, cAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ q# l2 h0 H0 Q( P) `: A% C; l& EWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,% S: \$ H4 ?3 y# D& E
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
. c9 O6 s, x3 b/ Y1 i2 @1 |) ^2 RWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. `% \# Z a! @0 J' b) HGood 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,( u. } B! V. s0 } Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
- u# ^; S7 Y( q- W4 i0 t* tJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, ~' E4 ~, |# K- L. I6 l. g
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
( m& G6 }$ ~. @6 C4 a' v& R. L; ]2 xOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
6 t$ ^/ ]" M/ | j7 A7 rAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; G, K/ }( H4 a
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,, e* s1 u o# P4 | c4 z
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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+ Y" n9 |" v* v0 I H' N5 RAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, `0 f; w! o7 m. dAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, W; ?: _; J9 P" A2 H; @1 m2 E. ]In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 `" F* m+ r3 V) }, b
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. N, F% R5 v+ A! B' bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- S! T$ a4 e" |* Y) X$ [On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
# V5 Y0 ]$ Y$ y0 SFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 G/ }, Z2 K/ _9 S* u
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.3 V) \! B4 S7 h: M6 W% W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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