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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay' b7 e1 u1 u3 Z: ]5 ]
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,! P2 a( o6 B7 l3 w& N
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,$ X6 H1 Y9 T& e
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
/ \6 @4 M8 d' F% y& q6 J/ i( ~+ }( {- SHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,0 e5 w$ \1 b. |& S% K
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
+ u& |4 p$ m: c+ \5 z% h9 VA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
/ v5 z( L1 Y9 A: T1 a; xWas my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.4 x: S8 X$ a4 I' O" ]
! L! f i) ^7 W3 y6 F0 g J/ {Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, R& s( O2 T1 q7 i( ~7 z5 KAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
/ X' h; t4 N$ O* [Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;3 ~ |) e9 ~% d# q3 i
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
b% v( M5 m/ G9 xWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,8 ]) _) O, K- \, M# x) S- r
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
5 [+ [# B# y& s- |( LWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low, J5 b& F- P, v8 D5 J
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.1 B9 ~7 q3 K3 ~3 O- s
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& R/ q6 N' ^+ g e4 k# W; a0 bThere’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 ^6 R$ o# \5 o$ x0 fWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ }0 S& f/ Y# F- v) `Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio," N6 |9 T, ]; E S& x3 ] g% y% }
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.& c s5 Q' ?/ @! l# m
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair, ^9 k6 U# w1 L; C) R+ {; T
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;+ Y6 t- d' z5 }- \- O( u. s+ p
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,1 d0 ]3 c8 u2 N! {- X1 e
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.3 J1 F' G4 x* D/ l5 V0 h0 w4 j
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide5 {) m0 x8 k1 {* q* g+ f% F
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
! Y- W6 B9 y4 T9 cIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
, l4 L6 ]9 B; m4 \; {For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
7 D. K3 \7 B: bHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,% o! J/ h( a9 \4 l2 r5 y" ?
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;& M. _: \$ d# u% c; } I
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
' a. K6 [' J9 h! CBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.! c; k, |. d) v+ C. J; l. m
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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