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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 \2 B. b! X: v. e3 LWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,3 L+ x- E" `( V B7 Z, q
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: l& e8 a( a, ?( \, U: r) f0 |
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.) \3 ], c( A4 V
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,$ x( ?+ h: y2 ^8 T+ Z+ Z
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 s# t. e5 A% D {2 \
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ m+ Y4 `" E7 _6 D
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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H8 {$ l8 l4 b$ J8 c8 ]Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
! B7 l l9 G5 dAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& \6 D% s: G+ D" l* N( q; S+ \7 I* GHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: b5 E, C4 b9 w7 _! r( b
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
) n3 d. k( ]2 e& F) pWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,2 @* G7 |: c6 p, p
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears." G! g( d3 H; k" L
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,/ z% z8 x+ _0 i; v3 [8 g# i0 h4 `
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.% x( ~; U5 j7 B P1 d$ s- j
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1 S. g+ B) W2 w6 o7 ?* a0 a" QThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,; F/ O$ s8 _& f" ?) Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,* I: V) U% w! I- W% [
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. l' g2 {6 @) P1 w
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.) k8 x4 U3 b! h' F; C$ H4 t
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
! t+ r) i- F5 ?9 K' q8 i9 \And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;8 X l5 v, V) D, q3 c
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
3 \% `4 R4 W1 m" g/ {Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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. t" I; v/ i- g7 v+ ?1 M9 GAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
7 K5 Z5 d: h1 }+ hAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,1 T# D7 `/ {5 e( X9 g
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,. c% n7 |/ M3 F- V3 Y! j9 S% @
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( h# P0 P3 N0 dHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 B- Y8 D$ W1 y. FOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;4 j( E* v6 L3 X0 `2 K" K, |6 b3 |" U _
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
7 e1 T/ b K, S. PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
: d$ X$ C( B4 \* g. `----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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