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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay2 @$ [0 \# [( n0 p' V& s
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
6 X- _, ^( S5 K- e3 x* E' r3 u# ?From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,) H1 P- n# A' f( V. b
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.( k3 a3 Z0 o8 f) Z/ L, e1 r
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
( S# I! G( Z5 F/ X, fWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
1 m1 J& h# z) ]( Q( Q6 TA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 v1 P( f9 Y+ p& o5 i8 }' [$ s
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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7 ~% |# h4 Y3 j+ u( a, y( xUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
/ X& o0 ~ H; Q: S- s6 M( w% XAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 o! t9 V3 W4 s1 E! \8 F
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- Y+ P, l& I4 {! pAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% c! @, A8 T' j# cWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,7 b2 d4 A2 a- k3 r" m. q2 h8 L
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.+ H! ?8 w; V- W0 {4 d0 L" U
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,1 Y' I9 \# [- k* R" }7 v
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ ?9 n- k3 j5 r$ |4 S a7 ]There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 B8 X4 s+ u# S# @
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
& _4 N! F: l' P; k a8 mJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
# Y* O+ r, v+ ZKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
2 q% ]# y& J. DOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,: `$ v e6 ^8 { t1 [4 U2 F3 o. j) h
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ F5 Q; B5 i1 ZGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,+ d1 }* B- p. ]' M' k
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 c, u& h8 o0 \- ]& d
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide' |5 Q$ w8 v9 n d/ i3 D1 d
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! Z8 I& o7 ^/ S7 F3 T* c" [In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,8 Z. E4 a0 [- p3 i+ i
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.; {" \) t# ?+ L6 |
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. @9 U1 { R$ cOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
3 o5 w/ {, Q s6 E0 HFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
* \% ?- ]0 `, O3 S- T: D% KBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 P0 ?# W- _+ k- C' J1 [----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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