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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) ?- k d; U. x9 K' _When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 Y# n( y8 k0 o% q% Y& NFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
a' [0 P& `6 D8 R8 P; y' rAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
0 C: P2 S$ U1 m4 h- p7 q* wHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
0 d2 q5 H2 p2 ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
! q _& Z A2 [" g2 P7 @3 aA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! u0 c" x3 V, H, \; P+ @
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: U) u* H6 m9 O( AAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
) O4 X; i. P8 C# aHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;& r7 W6 k" z# f2 b: [
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.9 c; F# W% h) J) O$ k9 c6 N
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
$ b, z1 y! i! N0 z4 Z7 OAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 `' M! b3 y+ |. x) _
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
% z$ n8 [2 E8 D# p; K: S0 { ?: RGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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# v* o: \9 v8 T: n0 `6 r6 NThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
3 @6 v1 o( I% l7 S7 o nWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ t! K4 D T* e0 nJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! \* T( w( E* IKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
5 b% K0 G3 B; p7 L# xOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,) V5 h, P5 H+ T. p$ {0 A
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;- L7 _$ o e. ?) F" _$ a9 Z
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
/ X/ k* ]3 M0 V/ v( j8 pSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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g; H# ^: Y, M. e FAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide; g- o- s; E m' B" K6 H! N
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! f5 n! V6 G8 C; l: B* U/ Y, B$ [In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, p6 x4 h' X8 o3 p& b- V7 N- cFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 r: r" i! ]$ g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,' {" F, t6 P: m# B* u& O* q8 ?1 [( `
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' D1 I+ |8 g9 z# ^ AFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,/ n- R, R' H. z
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ f0 P' N* P! H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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