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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay! K$ R; ^, D# ]2 u
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, p( O- j. r& D+ N# \; }From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,+ q, `* B& l: n" W& X
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.7 |/ ]/ s, }6 v# x- t# q
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
& V2 p0 r! M" y+ a$ v9 i5 vWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
8 Y5 |* E0 i9 l4 S4 bA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,' [( H8 x% M$ @$ n% k% ~7 C [/ F
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! H I) n" v/ u9 D( c0 w
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,/ k) n" A) h/ r" M' g* f6 r
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,. k, v1 f% M% ^: X) z& i% E
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- q2 B/ \; c6 rAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ f1 l* p- W9 ZWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,- @ T& l) Y: t8 X
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
7 u/ m( W( E1 j& PWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. i, V) D6 Q( @( {+ {% W
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 ^5 i4 n5 R; r& V
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,$ f1 w+ X7 k" @5 W$ N/ B
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
' `. Y l# h: L# Z/ d5 P( ~Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( s2 y$ X! P; a* k* Y# p! j6 P
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
/ p. g& |# C2 o2 s' XOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, N" X5 x" s# a. k
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* ~. B' R9 u. v8 H
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, j4 f0 m/ ]) j S$ ~6 Y* oSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.; S5 v$ Q, s# Y5 B( L! p; |" G
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
5 E5 z1 e9 |5 u: ~, |+ J* v5 b: HAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
9 U$ `6 f8 Y- M/ ZIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,5 {: R7 v1 Z, _0 Z* [3 g( P0 L. W
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 d! W% p7 S# D& c3 QHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above, O6 @% h1 E2 z( u& I% U& |. h
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! E, S# v% |# l) }
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
) `0 ~2 K+ Y: q+ h/ O, P5 m3 @Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
) Y" r5 d" l! [) @% |4 g" X----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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