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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay* F: G1 @' K/ L$ M/ x, Q1 L4 j0 |% j; B
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. P* K* X/ x" V& U, B9 {From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) t7 x! C% }/ [( f4 \+ [& J
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 V: v+ M7 d! A" nHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,0 A$ c$ I; X* I; Z, \ o
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;& M9 d( U- [+ U7 S# |& b
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, c) v9 [( i ~% X- X
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., a9 S0 l, f8 I. O: m/ o/ z/ I
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
9 {) D& O, e7 p/ N( F" ^& ]2 S: TAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) N2 e# E. |5 N- H
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ O8 S# Y6 R4 o/ bAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
) F7 B+ U5 c6 \% ?With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! l9 v( v9 m! ^5 OAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
) A' p8 m8 t! S, N' hWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. F5 Q$ @3 g* h1 Q U/ ]# C
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.# `+ c0 ~4 ]2 \7 t; x9 G
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, L. V/ ~: N, ` Y! Y E9 [2 R" z H1 W
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
8 T, S( }8 c) SJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ o5 \" X$ _" N8 hKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 l' L% U: P' S2 D F) f2 @& COn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ { t7 B, w! [2 kAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 G5 }9 y% p2 C7 X
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& p, e% f! K0 h8 B
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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% W8 B: E; ?$ n! n; n7 X `& w. \) EAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 _6 r; _4 j$ @9 o1 BAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,$ Q; a ]8 G7 F4 h
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,+ a! G/ A- }' R! ^2 E; o
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
* j) ], e% i2 q; {. o* JHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,/ c7 [; h Y; @. }5 x; {
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- q& {1 W: X( L4 ^( ]
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,1 s5 [, G. u+ z$ |2 R6 g
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
& Y4 d* e% p& J: m) {----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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