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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
; E# s8 {! J$ Q. P& z$ FWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
9 k1 S! B9 M# y; `7 j- b: m& q% KFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row, j! T4 E" M6 @$ o
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 j( r6 _+ Y* Q$ q# u; w+ b+ k
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,/ X# z, d* p& ]+ P# ]) Q$ y
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# w5 ^2 A o8 ?' q4 N* HA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,: |. R% }* G. t" j/ a
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; u3 d+ H0 M* d) `, B O2 ~* D& k
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& k3 O+ R" R o- a( wHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* \0 h4 `2 `5 r% _9 J# g# ^Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.1 `5 w2 r i& J7 R3 _0 i. w
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
$ h) v$ s8 G1 p5 v# f% FAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears., _% ~6 d- d1 N- p& t1 T
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
( C0 g3 Q$ E1 m" `$ [* ?+ XGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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# G; ]1 h* p$ `: i+ H1 t/ vThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
1 d1 P) ?% ]( B2 i4 lWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
: W/ t. F B2 h! c0 S9 fJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
d( {% S* ~1 V; X6 QKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 r: m" z5 d, L1 n6 [5 `On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,8 i' \* m9 m( {
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
) P) D7 P: c2 J) y: m8 A# H+ fGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,) e- I; a, B9 q( i+ H
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.: s" M& c+ p; L: E& K. g! u
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide9 |/ \% t9 L( X2 [ ^/ H
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,0 i. u6 L" _2 _8 y/ M
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,4 T- I: r* x1 K# q% L! l
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& W Q( `% B3 t5 Z. r1 O( dHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,7 t0 n; p0 Z- g5 B8 C3 e
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;, O; ?+ u8 P" `* L% t
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( B2 E2 M+ A' k
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
[2 | [% s* V( |, P( s----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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