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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
5 ]5 o' D Q- B& _4 K# L" {When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
$ d- {& _* [* W5 S/ V: [9 @From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* h* A6 m Q0 }( ?3 K" o+ p2 o( RAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 c% s. [; j5 Z9 V- ~: R0 [His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
5 T6 H0 B# g. n4 l) f! |# P- FWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;) m* s: a' P5 Z- o+ a6 }9 C, c
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! T. U& _. T. n( h* n
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,4 H$ T9 A. q! K
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,) o0 w U) p8 I5 z+ @3 E) S+ a% d
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
7 p/ o8 W( P! {8 F8 RAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
3 N( a: i( m0 t+ i" ]8 MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& f$ A8 r0 H4 ]2 _4 ]+ v
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.$ U% `6 H9 ~0 U! x# R/ B
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,. e7 W, u% w2 _; X
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago." j! r o v: P5 X; `
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 z/ L0 m+ j5 x/ y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
3 d* L0 O/ \$ X# rJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,1 R A5 z1 Q( y" |) n- D7 @
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.3 E! U3 d( Q: R4 ~/ a* l
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
& I) @$ s8 c+ ]3 z! l4 ZAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
; t$ D1 K6 v- S4 yGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- R; j8 I/ [, @! bSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.1 U P9 [2 }7 b" z! A- o( I
$ F- n# P6 S7 h4 ~7 sAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
* r5 [% W3 h0 sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
1 ?7 J$ q' d$ M6 sIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,! p j- X7 W h% a5 C
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 Y7 o; Z# B- q" N) W4 p: lHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,- d0 N. P) k" V# S% V& s7 s( f
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;. b) f) z, i# L8 n- O( Z4 i: z
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 I7 S n/ B- ^4 ~% KBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
8 Y4 ]- I) s8 k, `( S----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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