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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 v) C9 P/ m5 s! J" \* D% p
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
8 u5 p; U4 i( H) Y% ~( C( kFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ d1 h( t v& t; x) O. H3 q; \# ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 p# | |) ?) y) m% P2 L
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; D8 {% F: r6 `5 O" c
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ O. q1 Y1 E ]: Z
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
5 a( }) u7 a8 f" K- B6 ?Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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) i" b2 I5 E7 n3 z& TUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,) c% f Q/ s" S( U* p
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
3 t3 u! h$ X" T$ ^% }! y. ^Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
2 _/ I L' S0 l9 U' E( [* J2 V fAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
7 x/ N4 g( U5 w, |4 ?9 r" i: ~With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,9 V+ U; @- \) W% M! R
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
& M# K# V+ q4 H& e0 CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ t/ C2 f+ r/ r9 UGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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7 W" x1 D1 {9 C/ c3 H1 iThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 j# x# K2 Y! c# `1 c) K; lWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
3 t1 r; H* x! H4 SJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,) u Y n& m! G' K' @
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; o2 C9 i5 h4 O6 t) G! e9 W
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; s. \; X9 t3 W# z$ X4 Z3 Q& f3 HAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
+ L5 c$ L. b! Q0 UGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
1 i3 D5 p6 E. M; a: K0 w6 a2 ASuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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) C$ h" u" s3 m8 o$ L4 U" xAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 ], O' ]; n7 d* }0 E
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
5 ?, K8 Q8 L7 BIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
- _4 F8 K5 l# @/ W iFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) w( T$ |, P) Y9 v& E: i9 e! c! vHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,5 h2 ]( k( W* A v$ T- |# D
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
* y. y7 w* f% lFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 t* m' [' `7 B4 N4 g, W* w
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago./ z# f' _+ _ {: q( Q
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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