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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 A8 x1 `) y0 Q( \5 C
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,2 C. [! n% c& q1 n+ ?
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 F8 Q, N1 Y: R- tAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
- O, e. ^0 N/ Z7 u/ sHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
6 Z. ~- _3 w) P/ T1 s5 w2 H+ \: RWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- y( L. L) r3 c" X9 L$ l/ V' oA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 w- U% C R3 c" h, s- Q' k. @Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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7 @2 I4 w& Q" l4 J2 C. JUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat," i1 F/ t$ h$ {8 z1 X3 k, h
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 W& N* F; E8 \- J
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;: M. M- m# H! y6 p; |% g
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago./ q" A/ P: ~- h. k# T5 S
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
( K; t% I7 |: L5 \5 BAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
" U& f3 h4 t4 M Y5 P& ^+ m5 B. JWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,9 k! g$ m+ S8 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,$ [% L _2 B7 ^6 H3 y. X+ m* k2 z
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ n6 J8 t( f# a+ m+ CJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
3 [- r8 ^1 k& ~& _* rKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 E$ G7 @3 \/ ]- J/ B* W5 WOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,, X, `4 H; c+ Y3 Y% X8 |
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;" I. K$ [. o& P! }
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,4 _ b" u! E b/ s: w& x
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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, a' E) X$ n4 |/ w) S% a5 fAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
0 ^9 A0 _0 R: {All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* i* ?: ^" u2 t r8 q3 n; oIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# U p% M; Y2 f: }For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
. p2 v% ?0 {) [/ Z1 IHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
A/ P( V/ U3 ~ k" pOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 f2 n$ @' `" mFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 X8 K9 K5 m8 {$ n/ q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago., L8 _1 f+ |% z0 ~& j8 H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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