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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
9 H5 l: Q. V k$ W& GWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
4 b% W* s( r( A2 \From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,* X) O5 E2 |- X1 z `6 m* E w: V
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
; S% M+ h# ~6 nHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,; n3 ~# x, l# S: a
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 F0 n+ e. Q7 P* k( K1 Q1 M/ ^A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe, y1 c0 z. l7 V* t u
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.! f* `; j3 K! R) A
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
9 h, H0 ]" \7 Q$ FAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
: x/ V- }6 P7 w2 B$ S0 F' }/ fHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;6 o; F3 s9 t, T
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
. y& N1 b* q6 k2 r6 i2 RWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,& S) ?8 X$ G& b0 m# v
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
* {( p% i* |2 K7 p) a+ CWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
b; ]- x6 V- cGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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0 o( R/ C7 |8 T# b0 z \There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night," i, H1 d7 P/ y$ N
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
. R2 J1 X; }0 |8 Q: {; {6 }Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,/ l# I i* f4 ^5 W) k
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
Q# Q) `1 y+ \- v5 ?& JOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, ~+ L5 P l2 T6 q0 [1 m
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
# `' k& q) @: Q5 h, jGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,. ~, W9 D* G! l
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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* {2 X3 Q7 ~7 |# |9 k# gAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
4 ?% s1 p: B, tAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,6 N7 _ R+ b" B/ O9 v u8 u& T
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 ?9 a" o' p, Q+ [- z% d
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.) X/ j* |4 k5 _1 D/ J
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
{5 I$ s; y3 A# ?4 y1 ~9 W wOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;- e) B! f" _: D. a6 h2 S: |
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,- p* c0 }# S4 o$ U
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.) W0 o& g4 m: j' H
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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