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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 B. W* w& T8 T" QWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
1 p. l N" x' }# ]: xFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
; r; c2 }* |9 K) ? j/ s8 tAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 A4 \2 n% n' v" S1 L9 `
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. M$ A( J; l6 q, p4 m G, x
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;% p: z4 p( M( y. u
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,7 A9 ]0 |0 T/ Z. `$ B' y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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8 G% a7 d" }. UUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 \% `1 f `/ v9 v+ s# m. g4 L
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,, E V- Y3 l! _ s3 I1 O$ Z
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;; X9 `+ d( f9 g/ G3 `2 b' [
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago. U" s' f' d) C, L+ [. l
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
' ~' D0 x6 S9 X( }: HAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.0 r) @! ~% T9 q: C6 b/ y( O
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,2 t/ m9 v( r6 x( q# j$ k: e4 c3 r* 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,
, ^; ]4 h1 ^, y. gWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,5 t6 A6 T) r" C* a
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,- H8 @8 V# p* k4 U
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
3 B+ y& h. B: u4 P3 s/ v5 vOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
) K& f. }: J" |9 EAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
/ J9 f( H9 d( ?/ V ]Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 S2 \8 Y- R3 V
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! I+ Q. e7 a/ e8 z7 s" {: ~7 y
" r/ i1 l0 v9 C" [And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide- d9 c$ F, x& d7 S. R9 B d! Q3 B
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 c) v9 F0 x9 f6 fIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years, d/ b, I+ \+ K$ J- i
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
' t$ U4 K( D p% {2 C5 Y; DHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
" P/ c+ R8 ]. R+ U! f' c: w, d8 YOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& x1 ^7 C8 f. l$ }( g$ |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- o- W- I5 [* X- h( ^- p$ Y9 x/ W6 B4 PBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
. S ]# h J; L }----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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