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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
) I" ]2 ?. G! |* ~When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
. g* q; q9 O* }6 ]! ?/ bFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
, @! q: Z) J, t6 }4 ~And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
" X$ T# P0 O! @" S( UHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
; M& R a$ d$ m, O0 B t4 xWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
; `3 F* C y" N4 L. |* D b% BA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
( `2 L* s. q! j) gWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# f* i$ h7 d- P: S
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,2 T3 @% y# U, P$ f0 v+ _3 v
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 u; h5 v% V7 h5 Q: H' [! r/ N
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
( |6 v' n# N( Z- pAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.+ _2 z- f, q- d9 P8 d
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,1 {* Y+ }, e% F. _7 T
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.4 k( C0 T0 d) y6 h; ?' v5 x2 n
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,% N. K7 u5 g9 H& J0 R: B0 E* S
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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" V9 x7 ]+ s4 p- h3 i2 [- N4 z/ {$ tThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,0 ?4 Q: ?, s! P; B' k
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
4 O- `6 b$ t R2 }7 g3 ZJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
) T$ u& i1 L; x# c% }4 LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ R7 n) i4 p' `8 ^/ UOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,- B# A& _2 ~( c: I
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
' j" A0 a/ @& G6 l6 G5 e" |Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 U7 t( `0 Z9 h" S* W2 O
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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6 i L! {. o* ~- E' `And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide" P) P: p% L4 ~1 B- `" G
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, |0 U: i; F( C* p2 x1 {In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,; e# n3 K) V5 e5 V! [1 B8 ^' W) q
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.( B1 o* }3 Z* F8 B( L
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( k v$ E8 a; i
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;) ^: @7 t. g7 {7 F" _
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,( c& l- n3 ~6 Y- O
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
1 }3 ]4 r& k6 \3 t----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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