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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
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h7 n; g+ R3 Q' b& ?From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' m, G* G6 {: f/ c# e) A
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
_! R: o7 N: Y1 N. W6 K3 PHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ }" |3 ~7 m. v: q9 t
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ F/ ] a) p; t4 f! n/ f' ?
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' l1 n7 ^5 ?: F( G
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
4 n* V& k1 [4 V$ bAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
; R& V# q9 i* gHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 `6 Y" w1 o2 l. m9 @$ _# RAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! }3 b8 c, b: H6 m1 g0 M0 PWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 ^/ |3 v0 d" P: x! XAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" z& O' `: X8 ]* AWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 L' _8 t( j# h g. ?' S* Y; K
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,
; p! t4 ]" t% b6 l+ G) \9 ?$ IWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 O1 b% I7 C6 I$ [$ J: c
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( g% o" Y' X' f& V, Q8 P* V+ J
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
- n& L, K: E0 W2 u3 eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,! h# E; R; O: K7 T0 ~8 z/ l: ]; J2 n' @
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
" s* P ~; m1 @: c7 i: [; F, KGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ s- s4 R1 N/ |! {. }
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( E+ P' `& p6 M9 X/ {- I
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& A0 m; m& n! T
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
\% Q+ h. c8 n5 u* { ?2 K- eIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,( v7 x8 B7 [) r8 b
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.3 I3 c. _3 f$ r1 R1 U
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,2 p; W0 m) t0 p2 \8 Y. e: g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& J+ O/ w$ |) L9 B7 A0 e
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,1 Y) J* ^7 X6 y# b
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago. z/ l4 o6 e( s5 L
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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