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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
' X* e# O! M+ G# kWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
" ` r0 p6 I. oFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
- F8 ?' v+ r4 L, `1 MAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
8 ?, d; }! b' h- Q6 a) kHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
4 v1 m6 }% p$ w3 j# C: [Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;+ I! O! e" b$ l, K k
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,3 S: ?( }/ u; X- h2 F
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.1 ~' [4 x0 h, C; W+ V
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,# N9 L; \; G' A% P4 l
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
3 l: P% X- T8 f: X. {Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! Z! r2 `/ I% m' M! U. V' \* HAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! X- E- o3 y* L- F6 oWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,# M( g6 F7 u$ ^4 E# ~0 d- r
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& O1 p0 ?& d! }! {5 H- R
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,; j; a6 J- h4 ^
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.8 ~. |8 p( T) w- K
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/ h8 g, U$ \( Z# w/ y& N. g+ Q1 EThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,$ g- _2 Y, |% F) T* x3 _
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
9 c; T; d3 k( P* ~, R$ LJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
8 I* g% e5 f7 s$ q% M2 OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! W) i+ ^+ e( }" ?
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* |$ W G: C# |& Z" y
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
8 z8 }* a' N- Y: M( hGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,& `1 {0 F; q1 I5 m- u3 g
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.% Y0 U: `4 k# i7 Y
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
- D4 b" |1 I0 |All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,# t. C$ ~2 x9 h5 c
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! d0 w# O0 B( Z; ]3 pFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
& m' i' w. X7 w/ _Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,( \- H4 t3 B: F' A; K6 A
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;9 c& ]2 s, H- m9 a9 p" U
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,3 \$ J5 B+ e- i. j: i
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
0 ]% n- { Z# J----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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