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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay5 c3 O4 S2 y- }! i$ {
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
/ w; |4 V. L5 S' X+ F* JFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
4 @/ ]8 y9 T$ |% FAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.6 Z) ~# U+ m" C2 u. O2 v
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,) ^; ~3 A: t+ H
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;5 j* X; |$ s* d7 R% p( P
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! c* a: X& n; u. D% }6 a( Z' V
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.5 e- a( J3 w' _# w$ B! y
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,0 W: f& V- f1 D6 Z4 ~# y
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
( K, X' p/ @) v& MHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
- ^0 I7 Y! [; r0 f& U# KAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
+ d8 i. g3 M' N0 }With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
6 B" d( m1 N! b3 yAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
; t8 Z. j, D% g& o. H" FWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,7 u% w0 b6 W( S+ R
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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: z4 U" ?% ]) {$ x; Y5 O6 s& CThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
) Y/ ^. B$ ~1 k1 RWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,$ K! Q) F; A3 g2 R. P. U. A
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 f6 Q+ l' g' u7 ]" U" b! m. LKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.! Z( Q: Q! C6 y: C0 y$ Q
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,' S2 f2 }. I' C7 f
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
$ O _( x% ]. DGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
- O, ?4 Y- S' @* f; iSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.( j; h+ M4 W( c" o, j- m
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, M% w0 z7 |: }, u
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
d/ H% h! L P& r9 ^! }In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,. ~' E+ B* x3 o- m/ U& ^
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
) @7 g2 s* ^0 b% p& uHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
. e# v: R" Q: |- U) JOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
# U9 T, M1 J k$ D8 p& q7 M, R/ JFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
& I) ~% ?0 ^/ ^/ N7 e' a5 }% KBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' ]- H& z) o/ q$ C+ U7 k
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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