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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
7 l4 G4 B/ T0 K- j3 u6 r- uWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! i% E6 }6 I \- ]4 ?- y
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
0 B; X; Z3 Z6 q2 y+ [) J& qAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 ]! H Y. ?( \4 k8 I/ LHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
9 k2 {3 ^1 _# tWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# |' ~' e' }9 _9 C9 I. _/ _' z( iA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
8 f1 p' F: _% H, ]$ p7 M3 lWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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0 C+ [0 O2 q. N e) uUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,9 z: m/ \- |( |. d2 }3 L2 f: u
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,; w4 k3 g& v7 R+ T9 q
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
1 @, j: o7 F! z. X" Z: WAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.( Z0 |+ a8 e6 c, r$ I
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
) `; x8 ]: G2 p% R. c4 a) S% iAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.7 i: m) j! U. l3 u4 w* }
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% ^$ _& k3 K6 q$ Y3 t, P
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.! S. C/ t7 z, |, U" H
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. _* T5 y& ?2 ^- k) Y1 FThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,) Z! n8 \, X4 y# l- F
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,( B- [5 C9 A4 E2 c! J
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,3 E& Z% v m+ r$ h4 x$ [
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.9 U: `' p" T5 |8 Y
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 N. c/ B, _( iAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
0 X/ j* d5 A: R4 Y5 x6 l- ^Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
8 V9 Q% a6 ?0 zSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! T5 [8 v& S5 _' e. @9 c9 S
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" r& R% w; ~3 S8 |8 T& nAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side," p" A( P! m+ [1 [+ ^
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
5 z6 X! E* i' o9 M- CFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ v* `9 ?" e, D$ I2 o' _" {Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
2 M. z! @5 b- Z6 i! _! [On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;# F) G5 d$ I: q) N5 ]
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- _3 A1 Z. l5 _Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
' ^6 k6 ? j& Z, b" I----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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