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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 L3 c y; i- i% {, A% ~When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,; `9 f( l4 w" B: i0 Z' M5 E/ J
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
7 B# G3 _" i' g' q& [% K/ EAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 m: ], U1 `) [ H' Q- o
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
) v! B' T4 p# ?9 N; @( MWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again; l: D2 Y- N+ G
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
9 z1 G# _8 W% Q( [0 V5 JWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 z& ?) F6 ~' Z" D; s5 p
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
2 p: B1 {% s! }/ j& dHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;! X# k; g" T6 h7 i8 A
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.* q+ J" I0 k8 O
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,( ~- y u% Q3 D3 h5 M9 m
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.7 f0 w4 N, o1 \" F3 x
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
3 T" u3 |" c9 ?/ Y% HGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.5 I3 G$ {$ ~6 P
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. h* y* X5 @( M- c1 Y* a' s; sWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,& T4 t8 x7 B- _; s3 j( L* Y7 h/ @
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,. [; G, M8 M- f! u9 N- N4 ^, N
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago." N5 q% P. f7 | j8 O0 ]
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,% l2 Y6 L: i* y6 O- Y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;$ p3 `6 e& j5 n; O# j6 {( k. j
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 `7 J+ O8 v4 }5 ]( z- }Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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: I. T: ~. a7 C* ]/ k0 T3 rAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
6 C3 m) e2 t3 X* A; i' F' WAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
4 X" ~# _3 N- IIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,6 }" r1 t4 ^$ S# V0 W+ V
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.8 n1 P! {& G8 x! g
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
+ q$ a( S! d) O4 b+ v+ S KOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
( F! I: D _: W: ~+ ^From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 X+ ~! ` u9 _# N( P. UBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ p4 ?! O+ E6 \/ j( S9 f- ]
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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