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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
, k* a4 ~/ k$ B2 | PWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 w, \) ?6 G6 k3 x" ~' p- E
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,0 Z6 U+ t* ^9 t" H+ V1 X
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" L, ~2 _0 O$ u4 I# |His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
v; O6 u. G, C: V+ q0 c. q& F0 XWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
4 k: s( d z$ Z% lA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,. O _( L% L& U7 y! Q1 R( W
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! Q j- v2 _) K! |3 J4 P- X
: @' P& E3 A. l' ?3 XUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ N$ d( {* l9 M+ O: Z' U# eAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, v0 ]: V/ ]" U# ^Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# x* e6 s/ ?7 Y0 M7 |. o
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
5 v& J9 ?9 i7 fWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 O- N s c4 C J! b% a+ R& k# d
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; ^; g% X# L7 Z0 sWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- @7 |( s7 n: ]1 Y. l2 n/ V; J/ V
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,
! J$ K+ ~) P$ ~; w) G2 iWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' |2 l7 @, W$ O) p4 |Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 q% G; S0 z+ u4 d
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ h2 C+ i% ] {9 A5 J3 ~$ fOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* @& i: y; J6 K9 TAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;; @7 B+ t X- L; n2 J" n
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 k9 O" g. U: ]$ Q. Q/ J @
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.7 w1 v* d+ @) n2 \* C8 I" [
% c2 D( ?/ j3 t3 W2 R8 JAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
, G. |' g6 [) q ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! F. j& x- v! |, f& FIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 v1 T2 B& E6 l3 C2 v# SFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
" a: ^/ k8 [! ~, J6 sHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 Y8 M6 n; V& ?* K% }, |- v# Y* I
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;* y, X1 D. {. N! |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
F% f) j$ Y2 Q$ ?! w* lBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.* Y/ d0 r0 H* b
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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