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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay0 _! }! d. {2 o: q: ^6 x
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
0 w4 k5 e- k# M! z" a* GFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ W) o1 @/ X# F7 Z# y! O. Q
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago." g! \. N4 @' m* K
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,, o' `, P1 I) X! V N
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;. Z0 a8 M' y) d* B
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,/ f7 [& T, q, E, ^3 m T$ u# Y
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.' m( u( A- m) c) q* @8 A9 N: n
2 ^% Z7 ]) z: tUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,% R& J# ?$ ?% H. t7 {
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
/ ?8 g+ }* I! ?6 f$ ~- M* KHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
0 R5 Q9 ^2 N& ?6 `Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
$ m. O ]# j* v/ q/ F W' P, LWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 h# h j5 \+ L& x; B8 CAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& p# c' N( j( Z
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,3 G% s! z# \5 H/ L% _( ~
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,
$ ~6 ?+ _- |( p5 J6 q, NWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
0 D5 d7 t: h4 X, c5 \4 D S, M' @7 A; ^Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) S2 I8 L! v, I) x9 c3 IKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.; v ]1 N& U1 D5 @( c$ C N
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; J6 o2 Q3 P3 \' M
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;! J* _7 K7 ^' Y0 P, }/ N' I+ ^: z) O
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& I2 i+ X \0 F* Z
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she., c7 a$ {% L8 A6 g7 b7 r' U
: w) W* G, A4 s1 A8 ~7 |And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide2 m7 x q4 w# \- K
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,8 J3 E o# |: e9 d
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
* Z/ d2 c+ ]7 l% T5 @: C% T3 ]For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
9 j1 C O7 e& f* t6 W5 C! K, rHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
; s4 D; S( K/ l" i: j0 sOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 V# f5 }3 r; X; OFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,& \' y9 K& U i. [
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 p' G& c2 L) |6 Z6 g
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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