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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
% ?; g) }1 p$ N( q9 w* ~: f' EWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
5 B/ t; s& r+ v# [3 PFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
, ?9 b( M& r( h9 @# w( SAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago., m# j, L7 U; c2 M2 l+ w2 h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
$ }! I: [: e; ^! uWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;0 \/ `1 r: H! y2 O# t
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
- m0 b5 H5 K& Q% v1 t' `Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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: Z' m+ M, q! }# zUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,7 X( q2 G6 i) u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( q/ X! ?, J6 V- ? J. f: g; ]Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
) w; R: Z+ W4 J- c5 A' y' FAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
" Q+ A- f- h, s: X3 P. m5 Q1 ^8 i$ UWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,0 }& v) h* w: u- ^0 w
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
/ e9 q) t4 F2 x: F' YWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
; c6 J$ H) ]0 z( s5 c$ ?) KGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- f' _- i4 V: p4 t, {/ ?; W+ |There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,8 k; x5 A% f2 S, W$ a* y. K* \
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
/ Z: m4 |: J" G6 s* IJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) c; f/ w; k$ c9 P1 P, R7 @1 YKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.% C2 v' F% V" c; D; a+ h! v
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,/ r2 A" Q( Y! ]# g
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 W; t; u1 N: I/ s& T
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
* Z$ Q( K6 a$ J' I. c3 y( JSuch 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
: w- X$ D$ w7 I5 C% Z. kAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: i) C/ q5 V0 h2 D6 [! q- rIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ m3 K: {6 N- ?1 N' n+ AFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( b9 _4 E, I% |) t5 zHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 m0 [" u0 J4 D3 F
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
8 ]! F" r3 U0 f: w; ~4 j& ]' l# b: g* ZFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( d) {& M& V( K: g% U) \/ s
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
( o9 a) J: _4 S9 z- |3 f----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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