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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay1 j' {1 f$ [+ u4 z: A% j" u' @6 @
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
# ?* z: T9 |5 g+ u+ ]4 n: QFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
. m8 k3 x6 J7 P" Q( |And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; x/ j( }! P$ G$ e6 H- bHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
( I( d: ~" P2 C2 ^# o5 `; ^Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;$ j4 c- M/ P( ]& [1 Q1 j8 o# {9 F# w% E
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
: r9 \ c5 k7 y" o1 ]Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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9 P; p1 ?+ j; [# |% U2 u) fUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
4 {2 {6 R4 e. uAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,5 h2 u2 h5 [' z9 r# y6 Q! {
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;# _; B+ L' w2 ^+ K& {
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
- b) R& z6 o, d R1 a3 u* b0 zWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
! _6 e# r7 X5 P1 _. d$ [And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.# A# A ]6 t/ S
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,0 G8 {: v5 L' j( u6 l1 R
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., o7 X9 t2 L! ~+ v/ ?1 v( U
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, w2 V2 s' `2 _, z" Z4 c6 K' AThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,. y8 J9 s5 P4 W' Z% |! D$ ]
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,7 l. l. p, d3 \
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," J3 X# ~4 k* h) U7 `( z9 R
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
$ c; d$ [ K' i" ^0 vOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
1 K L8 Q' g- P2 t5 f" OAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 Q1 I J) t- b4 g3 V( [! h
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
8 M+ y$ c) ^- \( ]/ y% y, p$ s: e# YSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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0 S: E! h6 M- a! E1 h. |And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 i: d' t' Z/ ^# ^5 ^9 }4 ~( z. sAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,- U2 C2 F x4 v: m) I) c
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
6 f' e$ T; k/ {2 FFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.2 ~) W% `6 [0 H% \* E% i
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
! o( g7 _8 `& l. UOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;' f% W% S% b) B8 \# e5 n
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,, J) X4 f K' p( n
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.8 m5 |$ @ D& P& q9 U) n
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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