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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
( L6 L$ j/ a1 m$ H$ F9 W) P8 gWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
, B# U+ H: Z- M3 F, d/ }7 UFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
* N" f: k. z$ i% K2 X" L0 e8 D+ `( [And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.! A4 p# i: |( s4 w$ Q" N
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" M" E+ [8 {; ^4 UWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;/ I% m( w; K% z7 [" L5 d; i
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 o# L$ K5 a& }% i6 _1 b
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
9 F8 m I# W x" i; b) xAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,2 l+ A( X) r" I3 G- V
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;- S5 ~7 ` B3 @9 w4 `) d
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
w/ e: K0 M, OWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
, S" |+ ?- Y4 r; V: MAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
2 e4 G/ g( N1 b6 EWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 d$ E+ h9 A4 r5 l
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.) S9 |: J! N: @5 R0 o
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, L0 z1 A3 [4 }* E' R0 G. cThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,3 `9 f* z" U! o K, S( g! y
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
% x0 v1 h4 L8 h& ^& z& hJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,4 q( d4 C* m F$ [5 d4 C" K3 l
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
& I7 n9 A0 \4 Y6 {On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 P' G2 `$ ~2 E! J7 fAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
3 ~* R+ K& n# B4 d/ R/ Z# vGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
/ _+ b0 s/ W! V* m9 j/ lSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
! Q+ C& o' ~: F7 [) v, PAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
( l: k2 G: g: \6 y- ZIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
9 g; j0 ~4 R3 q& S3 NFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
8 n7 W! |8 u% L7 J' H" J, }8 AHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,; }, N) i1 b4 x' `& g
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
' W2 z( x0 @, c* o Q; p" DFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 q$ }( u% o7 a7 |$ Z. I7 ^9 P( gBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ ?# l2 b; S6 _4 O& R" l* [
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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