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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
3 i) k( r5 ~- J. h6 @$ CWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
2 W$ U% [ W8 ?. B* ~* aFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,/ \ ^; ~: E( B5 z1 ^
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago. R3 E8 V' }: T H; H- C
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
- \* ^3 r4 p+ P6 Q1 h LWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ |, G' U- T- I; ^A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,! n1 \1 D3 Q* D4 T# j F* x. m
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 P2 v8 P2 t/ F- Y! C. q
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 h3 w$ [* t D' E# l
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
) x# X7 ~ \0 G' O4 _9 XHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
% s9 A* Z- v9 @% R0 aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.6 ?3 L0 A: d, H9 H* b
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! n6 v6 w3 y* g! j' s
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 o+ n( p& ~0 k
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,- N$ e+ H0 v0 R7 W9 l! y" n4 \$ J
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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5 E! l6 C; \3 J$ CThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,* Q% Z. d, f0 G
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,; y3 l5 ]5 A+ ]0 ]) e
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ E0 r. \" u5 F' }) Y% }8 OKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.7 s) }: k: E% A
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
$ F9 h' J$ @6 lAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;9 X1 \& |7 z! A+ H l
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,$ L- D2 V) a4 t5 U# h1 s
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.6 `! o$ ]& V- I4 p# `$ u
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
+ }$ H( w1 N5 Y5 ~: ~All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
* f6 Q: z7 ?2 b2 |In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
! ?/ D: m- o: |5 ^For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.' v* [- m. h1 M9 i& N9 r- v( v
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
- Q. t2 g" y$ _6 i- oOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;0 g# f6 F' T: R6 y
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
2 s l* d8 u7 G# K' A3 X, xBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.% }1 B% U# j* C7 H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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