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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' X1 E1 A0 a+ `2 NWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# [* w0 }/ ?$ V+ g7 r" CFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,! @+ H& K: d1 |! x3 E9 H- W
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% D! P1 \1 s; i7 t6 I; oHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein, F2 ?- N7 A/ c
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
" i' c' s. D7 N: w, vA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! a9 b6 K$ p4 R; r# _+ S2 P
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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1 I H/ @( l( }/ O1 n3 i/ h7 j. yUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,+ {% k _& j" y
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
$ g7 v" }4 ?( I# v) HHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 s V( c( u- q* V2 Z$ p' n
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: B( A& P: G7 [9 W- g* r# WWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, {6 }& G( M8 Z9 ]4 J1 ?And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.3 }% s( y/ `6 C8 G9 k( O/ v" j, M
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
' I" m; {: i4 u) v# x8 A. kGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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6 c+ U8 E1 _' q3 MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,5 t0 \: {* `# Z+ R |, C$ A
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 o! P; T$ \0 T# mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
1 s# k6 q, r. h/ lKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
. }' K; {! O% t3 @8 N7 eOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* c! h5 C3 u8 T! ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;) b7 X4 m% F/ c! h7 l/ c4 x% v
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
) a+ [! m( D% o9 p+ P' U$ dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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% g2 m8 ~5 c8 \$ ?" Y, }And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
2 v1 b+ t$ W+ C( L1 t( j& O5 MAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: ]" ?! i ]! d: w" Y
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years," e. P) n; Y; z3 n1 L6 U' x2 x
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' R2 \. h: }. ^2 P& L7 B
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,* M* [- a: u; ?# [
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; j! Y2 w" d2 |3 W* q# u; V
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; k1 r6 C5 s$ @$ X4 K
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.1 ]* p9 j6 T; _& }( g6 \' y
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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