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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 q! s C3 q8 H$ F" X+ @When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,, N0 \: Q5 G6 y. Y* }; H
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) V3 t8 v- v7 T* Z8 P; _" U
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.) q# X) q% `6 h# ?( {9 |$ u
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,5 s; s) o X4 h0 c r3 F
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& E+ L; g) a/ y! x2 N
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
' u' `& _7 @/ b- tWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
2 [: Q3 j S @And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 {( A# k; {, ^$ t0 NHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;3 K* L1 q# k1 _7 o0 o8 c
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
9 J1 E) M$ t4 q! U+ @% @" i' J% \3 h9 QWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! T4 n5 A- y- ~9 Q
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." l* v6 l2 x3 R) t
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* ^- ]3 G1 Q: C2 p5 U# tGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 p8 d6 a0 G* `! d5 k3 P" V9 k$ g
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,- E0 v$ i$ O2 r4 Q, C+ `
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
( Q6 k; G' E% bJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,: c; q4 @+ ?3 b( c/ P# ~' ]3 v
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' D' c$ J, d m0 N( rOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,' A) E6 Q6 L3 O
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" Q/ m& z6 N! b6 o7 E" ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 A: P; l8 p5 D# l7 `& ~8 r
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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2 @; H4 B2 q& d! }$ o8 c2 eAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide E$ ?6 d. T+ P( d- l0 r8 V) ?) `
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
B% ~5 t# b* gIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, y! H) A" b$ U& @" a, t
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.% H9 f; n& l E; S
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,& P* T1 ~$ D& t* g: z# X
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
4 E& V+ w6 T: ?% QFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
" |3 A+ x, _. ?, M/ i4 k- p$ w7 PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 q8 ]7 c& k; [' P6 ^5 f
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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