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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
0 e, A9 R9 z' Q: i. [; b |7 g% G' GWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,/ ?8 T" |% @& g, g
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
/ j4 k; |4 K) t, K) GAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
) K6 n4 P6 E1 I" t* o& [2 @" UHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
' ]- I/ Y8 B3 J; _4 mWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# x4 W3 v( V9 K8 \7 ^, UA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
. P# b; T. n; i1 c6 `Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.& x! J, h. v! c$ Z9 ]
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
?# Y* f0 p& t: P( kAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
- n% y* |6 W& p- o7 wHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! d& o% I7 N$ m# iAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
! T# j, j7 e( U+ k- t$ gWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
+ u! i9 I( F: j) c6 }And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
0 _- b) | x! W* O+ G: q2 d# CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
+ @/ ^- E6 g3 s( A- jGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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- A8 A- |( l% S$ S4 |5 OThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ W8 Q+ m; j' v! Z( H8 Q
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
8 o3 C% L: H; J+ F" g! F2 l* bJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 ?# ~) @$ u% d5 q/ OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& X/ m4 a v o# F
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,% C$ Y7 k* A' v6 ?
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;* S1 A; K' p* C. c
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,2 Z% ^' n! t3 p
Such 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 wide0 U0 V0 X2 l3 f5 U/ ^
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
3 a7 J& m3 ^# \& b) k) I3 X& DIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,) M' j; W' Z0 L; e) b: O0 Q4 h
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
5 f1 I7 l' a1 m0 {Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
0 Z S; I1 z: x. ]$ MOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
, U2 H1 m4 z9 w1 R9 k& |From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
- b, V( Q2 @$ }* W- Y$ L2 `Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago. o4 ]* s7 Q3 f& k+ P4 n5 m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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