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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
+ G5 Q1 W- e/ N9 wWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
) L2 k; p) j# g8 e7 UFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
' Q5 J- G3 [5 w# V7 J/ D6 S& yAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.4 D; ~, }: k. U; T/ ~
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
3 I5 _# [/ `, \! z# Y) K" U* I PWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
$ n/ D7 H* S2 c D. p8 I: x* z; jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' Q% Z% e) H5 G$ m" | g( q* @
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
* p9 p' h8 d: d+ p) ]: EAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
' i) y, u% _$ hHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;7 S8 Y5 e( B! {' f8 s% K
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago." v. t, ^3 Z" `4 _/ Y5 ~9 G; @) f
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,* }' a0 q9 B- D, D7 c
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* S# t! m1 G6 s" f9 d: `6 LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,, [( y$ I. ~$ S+ N
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; j) z0 i' X. S# D MThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
0 ]0 I2 A8 ~1 P: nWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,3 @% L% P1 _# q) D- `
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
* t' Y9 A- i. K3 H( VKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.+ e7 W N& Y3 U" w
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,2 f/ Q7 _% C, b, p
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' B5 \: d4 G$ `( D4 ^. D# EGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 W* O' m( s& |Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* d) `: J9 `5 w/ h% a4 g: v( eAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 K4 N6 Z6 v, W' I* k9 B/ {
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: `) o* J* p. ]4 w; G! X
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; {6 Q( W' i4 g- e# g) \" \( f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
: W- R/ I5 j. D0 N5 nHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
) p+ @; s* |: V' e( D0 N- n0 JOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
8 B8 E K: P' n( ?: F, \From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' f5 j- b& e& L
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.7 ]: z( h2 n% J4 R" \
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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