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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay7 a. h1 C( \ l2 K- ^
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( M6 T% ]: K: K' b2 |1 h6 D& L: VFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* D' s/ Q7 `. c1 [% ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. O5 R/ B2 x- B# `3 p, C
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
7 {% b! K# C( U- P* f f) _Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
6 R# N; p$ M! {4 JA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,4 P. v8 Q1 C/ w1 F0 T3 b; d$ ^; i
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.0 a5 I4 T7 Y- q+ r
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# I0 a4 b( Q- d
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: H" |2 V5 R7 a* C! `Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 v& S$ Y1 q+ |1 X2 I
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.7 P! f' z/ j$ v
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
/ V6 l+ o) }3 Q( {# ^3 }And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.' I& g: p7 i/ d: p1 O; h v& F' T
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
/ {, g/ F O, I4 F ~ vGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! g5 y; ^% w) `3 M6 V3 e( m- y
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* r; e9 o7 o. K& F+ ~There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,1 A$ Z' m I7 }9 v6 Z' C
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 {1 f0 O- M& i6 H) \, xJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,2 P- s" y6 I' p/ H' Q" H* { [
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
2 c' s& c; j* y( z' s: `On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
, U$ J+ a3 o% ?- r/ _8 h; oAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 H1 [8 o4 U5 |8 S# s. J: Q3 rGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 g( v( N! ]1 Y2 T0 S" G
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.0 t* P+ K4 t/ K* I/ L: K9 C* v
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 V) l3 z3 o" p8 n/ X8 |All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
7 J8 f; ]5 \+ {4 O7 LIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,& P5 f3 v. _' R( H' D
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 x9 P: k9 h, T0 L1 t. }. t+ `Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,8 [. b4 i/ o* ?1 {( `( n1 P
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;4 @: a/ T. ^2 \2 M1 v* ^/ v
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
( |2 ^6 H: K) G$ H4 B6 c- sBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
2 c# ]! x0 Y. |9 ~0 s----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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