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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay( I& ?" A. `7 ]: }" N7 [
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
9 C/ `( C8 i; bFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
5 h: O9 P) r6 S! A! _And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
- ]- U8 @$ _ x: F' Y0 CHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
" Z; d; H4 f4 z" I. d0 M5 xWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
2 j6 o* K$ _% G9 bA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,1 C7 t6 @# L- J( \+ z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago." v) k# M* x5 N5 y
# K% d5 q7 `- R2 M3 J, L$ _Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,3 v) |7 r: Y$ P2 Y Q
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,7 v1 G0 ^) i4 a
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
' `$ o- }/ q+ |6 V) y+ JAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.- W, R7 w2 ~9 F: W9 r3 ~- V
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,) u1 i" j( u- T7 V/ F0 | L9 B
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.& R( K1 `0 n! C% t' } H
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
& x& A/ E3 n6 L: ^% iGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago., Y4 J" n7 P, g# t
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* w* R% Z& B0 \/ hThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
( Z. Q& J# Z3 D- M& ^5 jWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,2 b4 T' z- `) A9 k5 _& j
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
9 z- E: I- p8 |+ b. P$ P: I$ @. TKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 }* K+ r' U% sOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
/ t; a) ~: u! m- f# [9 }And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;2 P; r" t$ q2 m9 l G0 ]1 h
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,6 s. c8 H% ?5 X! h+ x' a. i
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 Q0 r) q; u( D5 }7 W$ D$ D6 e- o
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
" G+ G2 Z4 v+ \- PAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
; W! \0 B" q! `2 E& v* q# S7 UIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
k: p7 L; Y* v0 v+ N2 FFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers./ `6 X7 I3 s/ Y4 m- [
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above," s9 E/ \# e# V; U& e( M
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
- s) x/ A \4 t3 F( L7 Q- N0 M8 DFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
1 j1 T) v: o# }0 [Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! U6 b3 \2 e2 b4 i
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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