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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay6 T& |. g; c: y* s# J
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# y W. @% X% cFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,; `1 k( |+ p0 x: o0 f
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
5 x3 l1 y, Q6 v2 z) z' ]His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
( }% |; ` G$ l& A( Y- U! q u7 K0 m" \Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
J. C5 s# \' I9 X5 V% UA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 M3 u) h; I) e# F6 X6 N' ]
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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7 q, M4 W0 w) r+ O' H, J2 PUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
; I8 e) E% j6 F/ o* yAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
& S9 x( }/ [* j2 rHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
6 v2 ^! d3 _5 ~: G2 `5 W' [Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- j/ E- I! V$ W9 C# I
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& h/ y2 K0 n+ y, ^. v' C7 s
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.; W8 L0 F! p2 v- l+ C
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
. E0 T* ~# D8 v/ \5 ?7 i HGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 ^9 q" v/ \9 t
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/ q; a0 P# O; rThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
' C+ b+ s0 \4 b0 N9 L# ^! n+ hWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
6 k+ R) J0 Y3 ]2 fJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
2 u/ }; @" b6 b, a' x: jKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
1 H* F% l4 N# |$ d; e: AOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
; ^8 y2 y; x# j# p% NAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 [6 U& D* ^: K3 pGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, o6 P2 B2 h4 P7 C% C
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.: ]& V q8 V/ r
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
+ _2 }( q- F# e) D" d5 c OAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
& Y: O. z2 I. Q! I# @! J2 z( h* g EIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years," }3 g- `; b ?& S# O' a
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
0 @( P' A* P3 K- ] A0 bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,3 f1 @/ S& \/ H- y( U, e' _$ M
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;; H+ C! `% P- b3 `9 F+ p) b
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' o$ l$ D( |8 I: XBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.' z: g/ J0 }, M$ S& ]& |4 X+ P4 j
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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