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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay1 _+ q! x% g6 E8 l# Q
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
3 Y! ~! o& Z' H$ S/ \From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ H- q* b0 r, k+ r; }7 `
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.& n" R/ E7 @0 s( k" w: U& p# e8 |2 R
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
: M' E6 r) l4 ]: f7 _/ E2 I4 bWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;: L. ^' R) `6 h5 O3 U
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,- ^+ c' Q0 R2 T' S4 w2 g7 r% G6 w
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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$ |. ^' e8 ~ G9 F+ G" |Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,& H9 `/ [$ D$ G
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 w. y% ?1 n* }
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# a1 I0 a8 o+ w$ B% Y! S
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: O; X' e6 X6 N. d; a. R2 Y# MWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
2 N, x- P, U: KAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.7 N! d, |; }, G% B( V4 L3 U- j! b
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. j# `) J! E) m3 yGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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/ _# N. | p! T) Z4 nThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
* q+ @. y) f* [4 y* {8 KWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
2 i( A9 q6 P" h7 g7 f& BJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,( W/ s1 a5 m8 U* i$ G! e& P* k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago., k3 k4 }6 P# t/ C @( |( E
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
9 J' `, c/ |. H6 z1 mAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;' T, @( c, q) d! ~; a
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
q$ ?5 h# j% o4 YSuch 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
$ L- U! J h. I2 F+ pAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, B, d1 E4 r f+ j7 nIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,7 [' F$ u a' [! F% F
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 D1 f4 O) |! u/ K! BHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
~- M5 E( ~# C( i4 f3 XOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;! Z" U% |: G5 w4 P
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
; m3 G: _( ^* _* e: G4 g: C' sBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 S7 h- U, E. u S6 {
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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