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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay) I2 a6 Z, _1 ?
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
" X, W$ F! ~) |7 A. rFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
9 R% n, u, N. @" vAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.8 w1 j3 N4 d* p+ l
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,. E9 c, v$ c6 ~" v- x2 K$ u
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
) n# j G. `# s8 U2 |A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 E L, d7 f/ M+ |6 N$ s
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,. h, P9 `3 x3 e$ N* B4 U
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 P( A) V# e8 q, R/ Z# ]4 iHer dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
. l, O) }) y4 t3 G' Q; {Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.3 q% L8 {( m R8 D
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,/ Z! k5 M9 r* |) p0 H# ]
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.! S4 ?9 z1 m4 r& l0 N/ ~
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
( B% ]2 O, I5 YGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.
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; P2 g7 F* Y; V0 ~There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,9 a9 k5 {) m- X* p; | w3 {/ j% E
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
/ H5 y* r8 j6 [! Z! _1 ^Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
0 ~# d q$ T) B% \3 W; EKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
0 c& t/ E" G# R3 v7 i% \" gOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 U, i5 ^# V5 A& c3 {# v5 P& R) {And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
* S6 A1 }; c& d! JGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee," M6 g: |- g# e$ i9 g, v
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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]0 k1 D+ S |5 f8 s' @And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide8 i1 n; h" B) k
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
- L, s8 y' H! J6 B ?In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- c: ~ g) r8 u
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
+ S# Q9 X, m7 a* [9 pHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
: r2 }2 G0 I! U) [On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
* ]$ {8 d) ~7 sFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 Y/ v9 N0 q5 d" h
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
# R; V! c) P) r----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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