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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
" _( }2 F% g9 }; KWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,5 q! J+ Y$ E; f0 t% W4 K3 U
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,9 [( b/ N- I# H; p3 r. G
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.) R2 s' n3 s- l6 }2 q0 H
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) y- u! f. ^, W
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;% r { S- N; K, ]+ Q& h
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,; u8 V* A- L6 k$ c4 {
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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" k! O- m* @9 L' Z EUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 w V) Y4 F! _: |; O; D' n
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: d' x$ C8 x+ I$ fHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; l$ u0 \) s* Q3 [4 F; O
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 y( W, E+ b6 X( I6 I& P1 a) hWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
8 U# I* a# ?+ W6 DAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears./ o( q9 X! M u* S
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,# N3 ]+ Y" o/ n% ]
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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# k2 y4 |6 O3 l) a9 zThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* w$ \: H# q; `9 X0 E0 ?7 KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 Z" L, `& P$ U8 J% C" [6 x) D% SJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,7 Q+ ^; s: x/ ?+ [ T: u& C' B" T" u+ r
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
* Z9 m U# |. ~$ \% } lOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,6 L: a9 C& f- j& c0 k6 A
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
( H3 N$ z% V% l. D+ gGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
; b: k1 [: W1 O5 FSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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" S6 Y3 M% {7 t3 a- x" KAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" N+ t& O: Z$ wAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 j$ { Q7 |' p# YIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) C! h' b, N! {; x/ D* V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' ~1 ~+ w# G) e0 y( F; J
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,$ p) y* p- f) V, l( I
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;" H; a, J0 L, c( c. n
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 z. F8 F8 ]4 {9 z+ t( cBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.1 {7 T. F( `# b+ E( W
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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