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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay% N1 W* I2 P) S6 R1 W$ [1 M
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
" A* m" G! ?, _6 I) wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 r0 }/ Q" }( W, }$ }3 I, CAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
% B8 B8 j" y, C! lHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,1 R2 `0 c6 s' [( i5 {( Q6 C9 P5 P
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
f8 s2 p+ U, X/ l+ G; C4 nA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 ?- k4 Q: x k; T: y# y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
) _; X* L% \8 m0 W$ ?+ ZAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 Z& r/ s! {: |Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;$ \0 a, N- U* I* h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 W2 f1 I; O9 }3 \: B
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
% o/ H5 `% S% y1 Y: |And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., F2 ]. r! E! X& E* k+ r
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. A6 ?, b# v' t4 H1 _& f
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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5 Y1 y: P, z0 w5 A$ {5 HThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* J8 |0 N8 F' Y( F9 A. Z% V2 ]; e- EWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,: @# [* W# {# ] H/ K! L' A# x: N
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- f+ @6 W6 }! ]$ H c
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.- q& I! }' Y- ]6 W! l; [
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* h; A( m- Z6 n( \1 V6 t+ M; JAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;9 ~5 H; s7 S4 }- J% }( r
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& C$ G" n2 W- J# eSuch 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
" u$ I" u( h' N( mAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,: Y# |2 ]7 q6 i/ f1 @
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* P- X1 H8 {- k- S9 m& kFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
; h9 T; A3 s) EHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
9 c3 ]& O1 ^( T+ fOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;6 Z2 ]9 i- W# |" J# {( r) H
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
6 O( u* y L% ?' ?# i2 b) [* }Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- o( t' o( F( F+ P M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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