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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
3 J0 R9 p% ` l* w- J" { VWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! Q1 u; T( `: c3 u/ ]6 h" H
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,5 e- l0 g: N+ Q3 X- q2 h1 J
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.% W0 r4 o, l. Y4 x4 S+ B' f% s# y% c
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,+ [: j( g! c! u0 T
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;" H6 _9 t' [. n2 `
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 G3 b# s' w( O, v% A) [0 U
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago., y: y2 U6 z$ A: c1 {. f; C9 n1 S
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ f8 `) _5 H$ `4 C2 x4 h& kAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,1 M& m- L, \& X
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
3 n* `7 H0 c3 A; aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. A7 @0 c1 Z* S X z; n+ e
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) F* S2 k$ t: S" e) \
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 |' P' b+ @: `6 Q" L5 x- p
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; [9 b( ^' y" H7 n3 |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,
$ X, s4 `6 Z7 t: mWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light," G8 B; Z, M' B& G; Z3 ?
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,6 U$ h' [9 h3 q2 D9 N% T) |& P
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ U4 k/ L2 C5 T6 k* U- FOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; ` y; s2 g* r: g' LAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 |1 G, s- q) y; @Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,7 F5 E& [' ~7 @6 `; b1 Y1 ~8 `$ L
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
9 b n3 w1 i" ^# G) vAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,, U5 G1 D1 D J: t: }
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 f1 m I, F2 }
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.5 q y% ^) T3 ?* C, r W2 q# F
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
1 O- D: K7 _, P! `; tOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' T. q3 Q6 k: E' x) GFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,* Y5 \2 P# _. p+ ?8 w W
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 Q7 ^* i: o: @& s7 I! g* p----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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