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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay8 }7 i1 k* C( H3 Z9 c0 U" ?
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
( @8 G+ n1 P* M3 yFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,3 E. g: H2 f7 P2 P5 L3 W" ?
And showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.- t& O( h" g; d7 I1 B9 E% k
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
+ I0 E- \ Q$ g8 i5 K* N1 g- A! ~Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
% U8 V4 U+ h! K% `* ~ X' m0 vA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,) S' L1 T( Z& z
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.# Y2 o, R( T5 d- `) E; j4 H
9 U6 u/ j% V8 ]3 ~( U' P& cUpon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,5 W8 m4 ?8 K; v7 H& M1 j: J
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,& J' y' s8 A' z* H* W
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
J' Y* n' q+ [6 w, OAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.5 R2 O& P& |: p8 ?
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,$ m* Y- u* n/ x4 m9 { G+ W o
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
- ^3 F$ e5 {/ Y3 lWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
: t( [& U8 ^( M. f: M; d( wGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 V) C7 \. G2 D! Z: `5 n
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
6 l7 a- e* y3 ?6 MWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
T4 N# y- U2 [" jJazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
- f1 b; G, V* T0 F QKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
L0 f2 Q& [6 uOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
4 Z( }$ ]. m! j5 |' U1 U& P3 ?And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
2 \7 d0 g. A6 {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
7 \! Y }% q/ e0 c& x) dSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.5 l1 z1 p1 i* ^: o
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
/ i4 P8 C# r6 BAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,/ J w- G+ Q7 u2 V/ a" W2 F
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,. ^* Q z2 \ ]' P, v" {
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
( S; z4 _5 X+ l* n. I1 _3 m8 C0 dHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
8 n% a5 Y- a( N" C8 Y. x( ~On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
6 R. R, g9 p- Z) c1 B4 y# p+ @9 B5 nFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
+ \6 L- d5 [8 n, _! F( F- f1 VBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.2 r8 |+ T+ i7 u" B
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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