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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
8 s# ^0 z6 f }% v1 V0 P! t4 _+ BWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,; F. {9 m X3 U# D& s+ t
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
! }0 }0 ^3 Q7 b/ ~* K0 F+ e% ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) Q: O3 L% M" F, UHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
1 y. F8 ~& ], H' m3 N* oWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% m$ I$ Z8 l' b# A8 N% n# MA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 o1 k4 p& a! eWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,- ~ v) N! M! ~# N( ]
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,% W7 A# V2 J5 |; m1 {* u7 [: _
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;9 u( o: q8 A7 O: E
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
/ I" Y& T( i9 R/ i6 \$ G6 M5 SWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears," B- c* [) F) y6 o; w
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.. g4 S8 k1 F+ B) \6 ?: ]* E
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 p5 h5 J/ d! B- H
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,
# Y7 U+ j' V1 Y3 {7 xWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light," w0 _& x" I& K% }2 w3 O$ F# d
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,+ K y3 I7 c1 J, N1 q1 F* \# \
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.- [* R% L2 o3 r- S1 p! Y% T
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
" v2 y$ h- k+ @And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair; l& f: c4 x* f8 E) \4 u) o
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
9 N6 p c* `: P/ G' G2 \Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
& M' m6 G @ N! S5 DAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,% R3 }4 d7 b4 f0 c% c9 j; B
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
8 F2 c9 p `* oFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
@( Y& A/ i# @8 tHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 w$ z- g" U4 Y) [6 d: P" P' d
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;+ f! H1 o" U2 M K. C
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
3 R2 e6 c }# x! C" OBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
b9 G$ h- a' d) _/ |6 U- c2 F----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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