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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 T7 I3 t5 v1 v5 `! s, A4 OWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
9 Z0 V3 [( X v: ]& k& A6 u5 A MFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 u1 H( a( x) E) C, ^0 W- N# YAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.+ o* x5 {% L7 {$ ~3 Q. Z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,4 V- e a5 J" c: t- \
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) R& X/ N$ q1 D* R3 C2 T$ e6 X2 Y' HA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 h0 g# T Z4 @0 M
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,* |9 D, _5 C3 S. e2 i( E
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 w0 p- f+ |8 I, D) A/ ], \
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ t2 @# ]- v9 {- @0 A! A! D/ eAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.8 o- |+ y5 F! s* E
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, ~( n p8 a/ ?5 q4 i* yAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; \: @: l2 b3 p* [" A1 i8 I
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
! J( H4 u$ |; ?+ E- B' |7 v# DGood 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,
8 G+ Z5 ^' t6 wWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
$ ~# I; w8 E$ A. Y6 ]" TJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( g6 l+ W' q1 e. A7 k7 u% c' d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
; d2 ^1 X1 m( Z! d( z# P! h# QOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; J7 h# f) k1 F/ d& h" l
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
7 O9 A/ P+ k+ N! bGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,' [' X1 V+ I; W$ ?% C
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 ]/ }3 y$ t* [1 Y5 E) C; b
2 F7 l5 Y; I: C5 T. i! _5 `' K V& yAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 l+ A5 h6 v# E/ u
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ d; N: E- y+ [* c9 T1 m! Q' |. L! T% W
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 m( B2 n6 H, C0 b$ y& a+ E) y
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 T6 E8 R3 ~, ]9 L1 |$ h% WHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* @$ E$ ?8 p" M& t t. dOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, f; ~0 L x5 F; Y8 oFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
i j/ ] P1 b1 V8 P, \9 lBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% A" g/ `+ z1 G9 i8 G
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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