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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ W' ~( u+ M5 \7 ]When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 f/ p+ L: W) ] h* k$ V* e) UFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; ?6 P* u6 Q m. Q1 V0 N; dAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* S+ ]+ [/ t/ M$ g7 Y# K6 o2 l6 E' h" RHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, }& `/ e( ]7 R, j# g& A4 K
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
& [1 f5 a. E3 C' k' J: yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe," j. z% s2 y- V
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, M1 q1 }- A9 R' [3 J, ?# {0 u8 H- o uAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 A2 J4 h. q( f) u0 K3 h1 HHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ I1 k9 h3 j5 ?$ jAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, S8 E1 a0 ^$ f' aWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
; N+ V. h+ ?$ f- Z" `And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# ]9 ^, }9 d/ K6 P
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
# p; G C: E+ D6 [- E, N% _Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! a; {1 H1 y4 [6 X! e2 n- O
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2 R: Q) p: E, M2 h$ xThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( G! r- {) K O/ I8 KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
, \: S, p9 R( |( r- O6 RJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ m6 n2 b8 I+ {1 {- Y0 LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
' J! ~* T% w) }On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 e$ ^8 |* W3 R7 ~% X' R1 e jAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;/ n: o+ j# _+ V" F' e8 ^
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
6 ]4 x$ Z9 i% _Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. y; ?& w5 x& [$ a+ Y4 BAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide& r: L7 S$ R1 g" @
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, [; H3 g0 p% CIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,, W) ~. { q4 ?: F+ t8 a
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
# M9 c6 t# ^; W7 y! ~* _" u0 xHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
, s# X; x k2 P. |1 }8 O4 s- C# hOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# x& S6 u2 Y1 b7 M( Z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 J3 g4 z; l1 ^2 {4 E8 }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 k4 h( f a I6 |3 ]( P
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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