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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay9 J: s7 L$ V9 Z8 T/ L, V
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,* K* h5 s* J% J$ K3 n- {: J
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
% n4 {5 [0 P4 a: q7 V3 E5 SAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
. l! `: @2 P7 z9 u- Q1 B9 `& kHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 E! d1 h) K3 ?* lWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
3 u# J! B( S! @9 KA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
* ?: K: B' Y4 _Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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3 C1 [4 B* }* j% e$ Z; ^& wUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat," a" l( b# f4 j$ Q" H8 G
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
/ \$ A! q5 u1 }4 U& iHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 h0 u4 q) n9 \4 ~( I* f+ x( ~) u* nAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) r- [1 g# ^/ S- R) i# |1 W
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
9 C, O$ d! x$ q' u* A/ W- RAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
: M9 z% v! f6 y( p3 [5 A( w" c% xWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,& c2 U: X& _+ r h1 l) {
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,6 d/ |1 G7 s4 E- x
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 l$ ^# [4 r. J% k" Z UJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,# L; W3 W0 V9 t( Z ~( Q( a) d* _
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
# c) ~! c- h( W5 @On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. m ]7 ?6 j5 n A5 w
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 Y0 P+ _& w! V% ]' G0 UGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,7 |3 P6 L# |7 ~% r, r5 t
Such 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
9 N# N& d0 `$ ^+ {6 Z( NAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ ~( ~& K+ d- |, q
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,! o% p9 I1 L5 f; m) x
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 v. Z+ X- O* G: k' r" vHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 E( D G3 J" |4 b! ^
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
% Y8 q+ } B* j+ Z' h+ |From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 Z7 U( K' d* ^
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.9 K) E- \: O! J: H, q1 f8 R
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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