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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
% L! s9 D) x: s6 LWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,9 f2 C5 p# o: ^
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
. h& [! L$ D4 Q1 H$ k# M7 oAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 L# Z# F0 |6 ^# D4 u0 z7 l
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 S3 _$ t, J; W$ ?' mWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
5 Y4 a; M$ X$ W( D7 P! {A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
. p+ N- D0 t/ B1 jWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
% J" \8 o) z1 h) SAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* G$ X) x6 j" f- X0 I* S1 r
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;% I5 [5 ^2 [8 N0 b3 E) g$ v
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
6 M9 h. `5 T5 j8 mWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,4 n7 ` Q5 e+ M
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ m, ]' l! H, f* l! S
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
* k. v% _& x2 l6 B& g; H1 CGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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$ R' k$ I( N5 U4 B! ]; \There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,! m9 t0 y. B) P! A' n! ?0 i% D2 M
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,2 ]- E2 Q$ C+ ]% b- t
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio, W* ]5 f. W+ v5 P: F# `8 y3 `/ ]
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
/ e1 F( e: z0 i% ~/ {9 |On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 }" y' j; A6 ^) V/ h' X& RAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;4 H: ?! w, h' \" V1 ]( j+ r- B
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 n( Z8 x, ~9 l) e; L d& L# vSuch 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
, @" A: u% z$ C' fAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
0 W" _; H' z6 O3 `In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 d1 j4 J: k1 O5 qFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.$ d6 p7 h! ^& l; v; H) g2 ?
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; m9 _* C- a' I& e- O
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
: M+ d$ a5 r( |3 c }: KFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
8 [: h! X, f2 T5 {; m! a7 GBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' B! Y% K3 u8 J6 ~4 E
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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