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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay9 ?# \4 \. k3 }) M
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,6 M$ j. H& {: I( Y% i' u! y Y
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,: M0 _0 `9 H* {2 |/ g. u0 D1 ~2 L
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
7 E# S+ z0 h( n5 x/ JHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ O: _3 A# ~: P4 B( V0 DWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;- d+ N4 u: X ?+ x# G- R
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,- I$ w* @: t3 j. c" e7 P# f
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,: Y$ N( S$ {/ o- L$ P. u4 T
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 n7 u; \/ n! B& z
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;* w7 k8 i2 \2 S0 k! O7 N% o5 e
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) x9 N5 |' q' i, D' Q* P0 k
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
. x: x2 W8 t, t/ gAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.7 Y0 `) G: L$ Q
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ j' z8 F' E! H7 j
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,
5 C7 {% k1 {7 y# m# M3 D" ]" hWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 k" V5 d5 z3 }7 o2 l
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,9 y( ~3 }% C! |
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.# n; a; l& K7 m' K
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
0 r9 z0 C: H3 \7 o/ V fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;& _3 p# ]' [ v8 |
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ D, ^( s: B6 a2 d( k& O- X* J7 e
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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8 D$ a* V5 Y9 O- t4 b4 ?) _And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* p/ p, V* L9 u9 D A6 eAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,; Y1 L: y* N3 R8 e- S
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
. c% x y" `3 x. f3 O$ pFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& v. c! Z5 b4 Q" XHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# ]0 q; [( D& [- p7 h ROn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;( M( h% S1 {, |* m2 U' ~
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,; I- R8 o$ P1 }5 \9 Y5 q
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
/ N/ ]5 x; v E3 e----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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