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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ J0 g" J3 I) i% C9 y4 [3 aWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,) S! m- n5 @9 x* W1 O% L. c
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
8 p6 m) t8 Q! T( oAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
4 Z/ }6 e8 H, q+ {; |His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
2 v+ `+ F j/ s% u0 PWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 l: ~! H/ ]/ c: J4 Z, yA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
8 ^/ g ~9 @( ?' NWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.+ j5 M1 U- y/ t, N4 @
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: L: q8 {/ F5 l5 T7 P7 M
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
, P4 S: z8 {; `- ^6 Q* Q2 [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;6 S+ Y1 }5 \' c
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.& A0 V8 j4 l3 K" l5 H
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
( `4 o* ?4 H- k6 g2 FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.7 Z& J! f3 Y2 X
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,* G2 d: x2 l( ^8 n' H
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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% u5 U9 a) z* m9 jThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. c) [3 @2 `8 V; a6 fWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 A6 s( g% i# S8 b' \3 Y+ uJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
7 O* C' `, o6 TKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; k8 s$ g5 g: K' j
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
' }( F. Z. V$ `And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ `- U7 C, T( @2 Y
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
* k0 `% K* w% o+ }, q! _! J4 t# HSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she." m( Z1 X8 ]4 A
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide% c* U2 @. s/ F$ O. _. c0 n
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,' s) U) V g8 n0 u
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
# @; i: K' r* D" ^For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 s& _4 r8 c o- y. z/ j. cHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,0 R$ u; a& Z* o \% @8 h: n
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
+ X8 A6 x$ p/ g% |) dFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,' g- R3 D; y% I, x
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
5 V6 X, N$ |- O: I----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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