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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
$ }( ?! N. \& ~& m! V9 [When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
7 c# a: c7 I; R) SFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,' {' Q$ t- n' N2 ~( x' X1 v7 K
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.0 a$ m! P6 b* V2 M2 {! h
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,& a6 ~9 K) B2 K+ h0 m- r
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
9 C7 I/ n+ {2 f& jA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,% V% W* t7 Z) s6 z# w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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4 c9 z* b/ U) xUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
( L8 U5 M3 l" T2 Q8 dAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,* D: l0 U! u' r) `; V
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# _9 |2 J5 S5 m3 T9 U* {% g
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
, Z$ h4 }0 Z e2 S v; J) jWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) K! Y6 K0 R g+ @$ @# _
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.5 [8 m+ A9 z$ ], d2 K
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,+ E& ~& N" W. u0 r+ I4 k ]" J
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.6 [6 F# @" d7 B* S& t% h
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
2 m8 O6 G( I) B1 t" \Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,0 ~. S) k8 Q* x- i* C5 c8 L
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
+ t- G0 ^9 d* V. w6 \, o( q, HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.8 c" u) }5 ` @+ J( p& {
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
* l' ~+ c( L' I: N/ _9 \& vAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
6 V! {: ^+ k5 P; S. oGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
, a1 Z/ j7 g5 v% N5 ZSuch 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
1 V9 Q" y" d+ D/ m! [All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,+ Q1 B+ O1 \) }/ ^- }4 ?
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
% q2 g1 m+ Y+ `0 D( c) v. XFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
1 u" I- W) E, S0 xHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
4 l3 x8 d( c/ oOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, T+ x" M4 F. A: |, R* }1 qFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
0 g; x b4 `. w: G& @: y. kBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.+ }4 }( ~* w! a" R; e+ N' j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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