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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay; N. d* O7 P3 R6 q# M" y5 y
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, @; P% y3 `7 q( ^$ n4 b+ y) zFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
. f, w x* ^# e, ~$ e+ I( YAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 w/ v! \# j. k7 y# B( \- E: l
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
# w. m2 U" j0 s' R0 P1 \Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
- X; \- L( y( L; K' q$ AA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
4 t6 l- u# W: J! i, RWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.1 E2 X2 B7 ? n m
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,) p0 z# v: L: M- m
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
1 s0 x) _; t/ l3 d$ Y rHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow; U5 P/ ]7 z- @% B$ a1 Y2 h
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
2 \8 W8 R0 M: T7 yWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,- S- i2 G: o' i2 l
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
6 G; O1 E4 Y9 J! h8 YWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,* |* N( j' Q9 k
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
d9 A! y6 X% ~6 ]2 x1 J8 C* v$ M# j6 QWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
1 C# e z& l8 O, V& M oJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
5 C6 _+ C0 w7 Q& {& pKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& ]) z: U1 I+ L; MOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
8 W3 @# L2 u) WAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' ^* }% P7 W& _1 JGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
5 Q6 d0 o- m6 MSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.+ e: ]2 b9 x1 L0 }6 r6 K! ~9 k" n
# [. i3 d5 M( s: }& j9 MAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide4 B. G/ V" }( j7 _. d+ \
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* o% s* A8 z9 l$ p& Y9 k& EIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,2 Z0 V$ Z- |6 p+ _" X
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 N0 Q& l- J* {- H1 s- b0 EHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- O7 Z+ w2 Q" D; tOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love; [- R% V5 A/ N) U3 D% ]
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 C) ~! {( R: X, M* Y1 kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.: A% h% F# f( b: |1 s, z# U& f! y4 r
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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