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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
# d3 I7 b" s' `When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# ~& b/ S+ Q- _# x/ wFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
# F/ L, @5 w" `! t2 t! NAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 Y. a8 x# `( o5 X/ aHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) {6 I1 l! W {8 C- }" n1 o2 k
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
, \! l4 y' _$ D6 PA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) f. L# _" b6 w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.. d) Z8 W! [$ Z2 l8 R4 ~4 w
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
8 @: Z5 [2 B2 G5 Z% a* }& ?0 n7 vAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 z8 W, |! ~0 L9 e5 g v- RHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* G2 b# F: t# B4 z6 M, D* P: E" @Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
3 H4 p5 Y1 b6 H0 LWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 U- N" b4 e6 s! B' v6 L+ NAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., Z B# \8 X' L' p% Y* s* d' l$ K+ }6 t
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- o: n' d8 h# h6 u- o) P
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( y5 W7 B7 C2 d
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2 e3 w, k" S. ?% X" @9 g$ AThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 C: l5 [" i: g! L, ZWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,+ [+ Y+ F) ~! B2 c5 l/ e
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
; U5 s& }+ ]$ ]1 H: {& HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
s& o, A6 _; M q- x( \- q9 OOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 ]+ k$ z' i# nAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 A" S' X! w* x0 z* I5 ]
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
& a. ^2 \- G! w! WSuch 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
; I; ^$ [# W9 |& r" N! ZAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side, F) _2 r8 Z& R9 F# D
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,' v! h& V4 e1 i# b) d# _7 J8 f
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.+ @3 J e6 `- c
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
7 [2 j1 z0 p t2 _% S" B3 I) LOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 {+ Q- }- m/ A4 O CFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,0 T0 ?( J& w5 y8 | t
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 j( x/ t4 r3 [! Z5 P3 q4 }" h* M----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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